I just resumed playing after a very long hiatus. It was a live 5-5 no-limit game ($300-1,000) and early on in the session, with no prior head-to-head experience with my opponents.

Hand 1
I was on the button with A-K. It was folded to me, and I raised to $20. The small blind, who was really stuck and playing loosely, reraised to $75. The effective stacks were about $500. Thinking I had enough fold equity and that he had a wide range in response to a button raise, I shoved. He thought for a minute before calling with 9-9, and the board bricked out.

Hand 2
I was in middle position with JJ. There were a couple of limpers and I raised to $30. A guy in late position called as did one of the limpers. The flop was AJ8. I bet $70 into $100, the guy in late position called, and the limper folded. We each had about $800 behind. The turn was the 9. I bet $120 into $240 and he raised to $350. At this point, I thought his range included Q-T, A-A, 8-8, A-J, A-9, A-8, and J-X. I shoved, he called with Q-T, and the board didn't pair. I could've just called on the turn but decided to shove because there were a fair amount of action killers that could've prevented me from getting value from a two-pair hand.

Would you have played these hands differently? Thanks in advance for the responses.

1. u really shouldn't be thinking about fold eq here you should really be thinking abt how to get all the money in pre w/ this guy. i think against this guy u can re-raise small to get him to shove it or make a really bad call pre.

2. eh i think a few yrs ago this is prob a c/call turn and c/fold river if unimproved against typical competition at this level. but in 2015 i think you gotta play it the way u did and be pretty happy to get it in here. i like the way u played hand 2 including your sizing.

1. I think you'll find a smaller open size may be more effective. Seems fine though as played.

2. I'd bet bigger OTT to set up a < pot sized bet OTR. I get it in as played.

Hand 1: Don`t fold. RR to 160 can be good (in this special case), to fold out some of his PP or AK -OTF or PF- because it looks stronger .. But all in all: get it in. NH

Hand 2: ugly. QT is the only hand that beats you and makes sense. Flatting seems better, if he can bluff rivers and may does this with KTcc or KQcc etc, but I don`t think that this is the case. Getting it in can`t be to bad, if you aren`t to deep. NH - but somewhat ugly.