Top Pair in Scary Flop

[bardolph]

In both of these hands, I flopped a pair of Aces on a scary board, but I played them very differently. How should I play hands like these?

I just sat down, so no reads.

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Hand 1:

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 4.75 BB

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Hand 2:

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB folds, UTG calls, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls.

River: (8 BB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10 BB

[eric5148]

1 - weak fold.

2 - fold the river, with SB check/raising, he either flopped the flush or has A-better kicker. You're hand isn't good 10% of the time here.

[billyjex]

Hand #1 - Terrible fold. This flop is super draw heavy and this villian is probably on a draw.. you have top pair (and a backdoor nut flush draw), how can you fold to a flop 3-bet!? The odds on your call are enormous...

#2, raise the flop. After that, the hand will play different. Be aggressive!