Thanks for all the responses, harsh or not, I need the critique. Like I said, there are many things in my game that need improvement.

I did run pokerstove on it later and was a little surprised at the results of how much equity I had even if his range included the AQ for flopped Broadway, etc.

Chalk it up to a lesson learned. I'll be more careful in my thread titles also; perhaps this wasn't a tricky spot at all for many here but for me it was.

gharp, I like your question about Villain 1's line. Ignoring whatever may be said about the PF cold call, going for a check raise on that flop OOP seems dangerous to me. He must know that everyone got a piece of that board and his top 2 are pretty strong but very vulnerable. IMO, he has to bet out because things could go horribly wrong if it checks around.

Anyone else have opinion on Villain 1's line? Also, if he should bet out, how much? $25?

thx
SP

^^ dont worry about ur thread titles, at the moment of the post it was a tough spot for you. nbd, move on and learn from your leaks. Thats what we are all trying to do.

I like building the pot quick here. Theres a lot of hands your ahead of that he would donk bet here and very few your behind. He wont be able to get away from hands like KQ, or AK, QJ, JT, KJ and so on if you raise to about $60