Villain seemed pretty straightforward TAG. We didn't go to a ton of showdowns. I've been a little more active, raising a few more of my buttons and mixing up my 3bet range which he never flatted. He c/r'd my one of my cont bets on an A hi board and I folded. So I have literally 0 showdown info and 2 river decisions.

Hand 1 - b/f? c/c? b/c?

Hand 2 - is there any value in putting in a small raise?

Comments on all streets welcome bc I've been getting back in the game after a year off and I don't remember how to play cards anymore.

Oh, and Villain was from Spain and his avatar had him holding a beer (brand and volume unidentifiable, but i'd put the range at import to microlocal, 16-24oz).


HAND 1
PokerStars, $10/20 NO Limit Texas Holdem Tournament, 2 Players
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Board:
Villain (Button): $1,450
HERO (BB): $1,550

Dealt to HERO T 9

Pre-flop:
Villain raises to $60, HERO calls $40

Flop: ($120) 9 A Q (2 Players)
HERO checks, Villain checks

Turn: ($120) T (2 Players)
HERO bets $100, Villain calls $100

River: ($320) 4 (2 Players)
HERO bets $240, Villain raises to $560, (1 folds), Villain returns $320

Results:
Villain wins $800



HAND 2

PokerStars, $10/20 NO Limit Texas Holdem Tournament, 2 Players
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Villain (CO): $1,850
HERO (Button): $1,150


Dealt to HERO J 8

Pre-flop:
HERO raises to $60, Villain calls $40

Flop: ($120) 7 A 4 (2 Players)
Villain checks, HERO bets $60, Villain calls $60

Turn: ($240) 8 (2 Players)
Villain checks, HERO checks

River: ($240) J (2 Players)
Villain bets $120...

#1 wp.

#2 I actually like a smallish raise/fold here. I think he can call with lot of worse hands(Ax,Jx,87 type hands etc) but will only shove better.

yeah i popped to 360 in hand 2 planning to fold to a shove.

trying to bet/fold a little more and plug that "hopeful call" leak but i don't know if it makes sense given stack sizes?

most people won't 3bet low 2 pair hands in hand #2 so raise/folding should be your best option.

Hand 1 I'd call I find that people spazz here a lot. Especially if they feel like you have been aggressive/pushing them around which i'm not sure if that is true. Also, I feel like most people would shove hands like KJ. Also, straight forward tags don't usually have the better two pairs in their range here, except maybe QT.

Edit:: and he is from spain


Hand 2 I agree raise folding is best.

People dont usually spazz out much on the river. You overestimate the "pushing around" part.

click it back or 360 otr

125 on turn in hand 2

are you just trying to valuetown a random 7 with that bet or charge his flush/gutstraight outs?

125 does the former well but not the latter, right?

and a good part of his range still has us crushed.

truth. but all it takes is a handful of times where you do get pushed around in that spot and suddenly you're a certified paranoid obsessive river caller for weeks.

bet turn for value hand 2