2 normal spots but running bad so questioning a lot of stuff.

Hand 1: we open UTG In a 1/3 game to 10 with AK 4 people call and BB (seems like only competent player) makes it 60 .. seems like an easy squeeze spot given my image ( raising a lot pre/ no one playing back at me)

I make it 150 (the 4 callers have like 150-200 effective but me and V have like 500 effective) one caller jams for like 160 he calls.

Flop 979 he goes all in.

Did we play this okay? If he checked we were probably going to bet small on flop like 1/4 to 1/3 pot

Hand 2: 2/5 game. I have an awful image. Only been here like an hour but can’t turn over a winner (getting lots of good/playable hands but whiffing) playing multi-way pots. Very frustrating.

Effective stack is 350 and it’s the main V

He opens to 20 one cold caller I’m in the BB with AhKh I make it 100.

V quickly calls leaving 250 back other guy folds

(220) flop 10s5s5d

I bet 35.. honestly just completely awful. I wanted to bet 1/3 but I was so tired I misclicked. He instantly shoves

We fold quickly. Looking back I think my ridiculous sizing could induce this. Could we ever call here?

Hand 1: You have almost no fold equity vs normal range of 3B in low stakes. Jam or call with AKo.

Hand 2: Go a little bigger preflop. $120 to $150. You want to win the $40 without a flop. And set up stack sizes for easy flopjam that shallow.

Hand 1: It is an obvious squeeze spot but some of BB's raises will be value hands also. How often has he been raising in squeeze spots? If he has not been pressuring you often then his range is pretty strong and you have several callers after you that could be trapping. You can chuck AK in this situation. You don't have to because AK is good enough to play back at BB unless he is pretty tight but you shouldn't go with it every time either.
After that it's obvious. When a caller jams for $10 more you can't fold but have to expect a lot of pairs. You didn't hit the flop and BB pushed into a dry side pot. AK is a trivial fold at that point.

Hand 2: If your image is that bad and you have no FE then consider a flat call with AK from the BB. In reality if your image is that bad and your tired it's time to leave.
As played, it depends on villain. Is he aggressive enough to raise a small bet with anything and how often? For the most part just fold. Calling makes more sense when you have QQ/JJ and are not blocking AK.

In hand 1, it seems like you suspect villain thinks you are a loose raiser (raising a lot) and that he may be 3-betting light (a potential squeeze). If you think this, jam. However, usually UTG raises get more respect, so it's all about what he thinks of your initial raise. I lean jam, since there's almost certain to be lots of dead money from the 4 callers who will run from the 3 bet, 4 bet chaos.

In hand 2, I agree entirely with QuadJ. Stack size make it possible to cold call here reevaluate after flop and still play for stacks. Then you miss and can check/fold. More broadly, you say you're tired, frustrated, and misclicking. Time to take a break.

In Hand 2, what position did the V open from?

If it’s late, I’m calling this shove pretty quickly. I think his range is a mix of, flush draws, 2-pairs, and pure air-balls, and AK has more than ~33% equity against that range.

H#1:

I limp in but that's my style.

Is $10 a normal raise size in your game? Going 6ways would be the standard result to this sizing in most 1/3 NL games I've played in, which would create a horrendous result against all the shortstacks (creating an SPR of <= 3 where commitment is almost unavoidable with TP, and yet we offered everyone terrific IO of ~20+:1).

With an active image and a lol juicer size raise against a competent player, I probably just jam preflop. Our sizing isn't likely to get him to fold much, and he'll actually have a benefit of being OOP in that he'll be able to bluff jam the flop first.

With the pot being protected by the all-in, I wouldn't be putting in any money postflop UI.

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