Two live hands ($4/8)

[Walker]

#1
SB is a TAG. He'd bet this flop with anything he'd raise with pf (TT+, suited ace, KJs+)
BB just sat down

UTG limps, Hero limps (UTG+2) A /images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ /images/graemlins/spade.gif, SB raises, BB calls, Hero calls.

(8SB) flop: A /images/graemlins/spade.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif9 /images/graemlins/club.gif

SB bets, BB raises, Hero???

#2
Same table but two Loose/Passives (one on either side of me)have been replaced by two 30/60 players, both waiting for a seat in the big game; Result--most pots are raised pf, there is a ton of bluffing/semi-bluffing going on, and I'm caught between the two of them.

BIG STAKES limps UTG, 3 more limpers, BIG STAKETTE calls in SB, hero has 9 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif9 /images/graemlins/club.gif in BB. Hero???

[thesharpie]

Raise both hands preflop.

Any read on BB in hand 1? I probably cold call the flop with no read on BB. If SB 3 bets and BB caps I ditch it, if it's just 1 more to you I ditch it on the turn. If SB smooth calls I play it passively from then on, calling down if it's 1 bet to me, or betting if checked to.