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Edgewater casino, Canada

Hand 1

Hero: 20s male, playing TAG. Only HH with V1 and V2 saw was hero raised first hand sitting down to 13 UTG, got 3 callers including V1 in BB. Flop J73 with two hearts, V1 checks to hero, hero bets 30, folds back to V1 who goes AI for 74 more, hero folds. I cover both.

Villain 1: 30s male. Haven't seen him play much hands besides my first one. That was only 30 min ago anyways so beyond some limp/calling and folding he hasn't done much. Stack $102

Villain 2: 40s male, reg at the casino. Loose passive, calls draws, I wouldn't put him in competent ABC category either, but he's not a total drooler. Member of the limp/call and fold on flop crew. Stack $75

UTG limps, MP limps, Villain 2 on BTN makes it 12, Villain 1 in SB calls, Hero makes it 47 in BB with TT, folds to V2 who tank calls, V1 insta sticks his stack in, hero calls, V2 calls.

Hand 2

Hero:Image irrelevant to everyone but V1. I've gotten into a few big pots with her, most of the time being the favorite. I think she puts me in a TAG category and more likely to raise with value hands then a draw, unless combo draw or something. V3 has seen me call a raise and fold on flop for the whole 15 min he's been here. Stack $270

Villain 150s female. She's a reg at the casino but I consider her the best mark at the table. She's willing to gamble and I've seen many a time she calls big bets with draws. Not that she isn't competent, I'd say she's standard player but more willing to play wild and chase draws. Just sat down. Stack $300

Villain 2:40s white male. Complete unknown, but I believe I've seen him at the casino before. Just sat down as well. Stack $290

Villain 3: 20s Asian male. Just sat down recently, hasn't played many hands, so another unknown. I have been able to watch him for 15 min though so I'd say he's semi competent, no limping, and by his composure he seems used to being at the table. Stack $320

Villain 2 limps UTG, MP limps, Villain 3 in MP raises to 15, Hero calls in CO with AQ, folds to Villain 1 in SB who calls, folds to V3 who calls, rest fold.

Flop: Q96 $60

V1 checks, V2 checks, V3 bets 50, Hero thinks for 1 min and goes AI, V1 folds, V2 tanks and goes AI as well, V3 tanks for couple min before folding.

Thoughts appreciated

First Hand... i hate playing short stacks.
V1 sounds like a short stack hero douche.
I'd play the same way you did on that one... Button raises are wide, he's loose, you can't set mine cuz their stacks are two small, 10-10 > limp hands and SB flat hands. So you can't fold 10-10 and you can't call to set mine. Gotta 3-bet and once you do, where are you going to go for their teeny shoves.

Second: I think you got lucky folding out V3. Did you think you had the best hand? I don't like AQ against tight player's raises from EP-MP and he made a seriously sized C-bet. Wouldn't be surprised to see V2 have a flush draw here.
I want to know what you were thinking with shoving 260 into 110 with TPTK?

Hand 1. I snap call the raise getting better than 4:1. Maybe one of them has JJ or QQ. Such is poker.

Hand 2 Tough spot. I´m not going AI here myself. I would actually prefer folding over shoving. $50 into $60 is a big bet and V3 definitely likes his hand. Ranging him on QQ+,KQ,AQ,99,AsTs+, maybe KsJs. Doubtful we are a favorite. IMO def. not a favorite when called. I would probably call and not be unhappy if V1 called behind. Planning to evaluate on the turn based on the action. Can easily find a fold on a king or spade if our V´s still like their hands.

p.s. Best to omit action after heros decision because the results will influence posters responses. Perhaps I was affected. Not sure TBH.

Honestly I think it was a combination of not giving V3 enough credit and just not thinking the hand thru. The near pot sized flop bet should've been warning signs to me, but at the time I was thinking if he, or especially V1, had a FD then I need to protect my equity now, and any raise with substance will be committing me so going AI might even add more fold equity. Did I think I had the best hand on the flop? I thought there was a good chance, maybe over 60%, if you add hands like JJ, TT, AK, KJss, and 78ss as hands he'd play the same way. Obviously I'm crushed by QQ, AKss, 99, AA, and drawing pretty thin vs KK. Hands that V3 might over value like KQ and QJ I'm doing the crushing.

Of the two hands this one is definitely the more spewy and I'd love to hear more thoughts on it, since I think I should put more emphasis on my decisions with a 130bb stack as opposed to calling off 50bb 3 way as in hand 1.

I think these are two random hands.

Thanks, but I was looking for actual thoughts, not failed attempts at wit.

Results:

3b shove pre in h1
h2 is icky. i kind of like making it 30 pre, but thats weird

*grunch*

Hand 1: instead of calling just go all in, though stacks are so shallow that it's irrelevant either way.

Hand 2: I guess the shove is fine here, though it seems like a pretty big overplay for TPTK. however the board is drawy and you can't give V3 credit for much. players are bad enough that they'll call off with draws/worse Qs, but you're prob never getting a better hand to fold, so it's not really a good play either.

Dope nailed it!!! 1 for 250 woot woot

No, really; that was my only thought. I saw absolutely nothing worth noting; standard.