Hello 2+2, i have been a longtime lurker & decided it was time to create an account & start receiving/leaving feedback to help improve my game. All feedback is welcome & wanted. I just recently started taking notes of my hands at the table & am really trying to identify the leaks in my game. If you have any background questions feel free to ask & thank you in advance for the feedback.

Hand 1
Table ($1/3) just opened 15min ago, not much action until this hand. Villain($150ish) is older man, mid 50s, not much info on him.
Hero($200) is in BB & looks down at 22. 2 limpers to Villain OTB who raises to 11, Hero calls, 2 others call. Flop J A Qr everybody checks around. Turn-2r Hero bets $25, 2 limpers fold, V tanks for about 10sec & calls. River-Qr Hero??

Hand 2
Same table as the first hand, roughly about 1 1/2hr later. Villain 1($150), just sat down about 20min ago, mid 20s, calling a lot pre flop but haven't seen any hands, very talkative. Villain2($250), mid 30s, sat down shortly after Hand 1 & has chased a couple flush draws but missed, hasn't shown any strong hands yet.
Hero($120ish) is OTB with 22 V1 is BB, V2 is MP. 2 limpers to Hero, Hero calls, SB folds, V1 checks. Flop 4 5 2r. V1 bets 10, 1 fold, V2 calls, Hero calls. Turn-10c V1 bets 15, V2 calls, Hero??

Welcome to the forums, King412.

Hand 1, any reds on villain? There's about $94 in the pot, and his hand isn't well-defined at all. I'd bet $75 and plan to sigh-call a shove. You're hoping he calls with an ace or KK, and hoping he wasn't weirdly slowplaying AA/AQ/JJ.

Hand 2, Top off before the hand if you have the bankroll for it. You should be raising this flop. Way too many scare cards can come on the turn and cost you action. You can make it $35 and not scare off any semi-legit hands, then easily get stacks in on turn or turn+river. As played, you need to raise the turn to charge draws that won't call anything on the river. There's $75 in the pot already, and you have slightly more than $100 left. That's an awkward stack size. You should either raise to $50, planning to call a shove, or you should just jam and hope for a call. With V2's propensity to chase, I'd lean towards jamming.

I don't play 22. Reasoning being that I always remind myself to think "What would I have done differently than my opponent, in cooler type situations" Not saying set over set (With 22) is a cooler, but its close. What I mean is, if I stack a guy when I hit a set of JJ and he hit a set of 22, can I actually claim to have made money long run? Cuz if I hit a set of 22s can I fold to a possible over set? In general, at low stakes poker, I don't fold sets in fear of an over set. By in general, I mean I have never done so. So I don't play 22 33 44 in multiway (4+) pots. I'm actually never really excited about 55 or less in limped pots.

1. 35-45ott, 65-shove otr. Plenty worse calls both spots.

2. Flop call a mistake on $120 stack, you need to size this to be stacking off on all turns whether ahead or behind. 35-40 otf, and they'll likely call at least once. AP you give them too easy of a fold when you shove turn and if they're calling it anyway then you would still get the money with a flop raise instead of a slow play.