Showing down A high part 1

[goofball]

Showing down A high, either calling with it on the river or betting it is never very easy. Frequently it makes me feel like a moron.
I've been on vacation and kind of passively thinking about situations, so these aren't hands I've played today but in the last week. As such there aren't any real reads, but we know that A high can certainly be showdown against 6max unknowns. I just started playing 6max games so I usually don't have super good player reads anyway.

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG calls, Button calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG folds, Button calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (6.50 BB) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8.50 BB


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Preflop: Hero is BB with T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, UTG calls.

Flop: (6.40 SB) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG calls.

Turn: (4.20 BB) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG checks.

River: (4.20 BB) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>.

Final Pot: 6.20 BB

[alta_chuttes]

I think hand 1 is very good.

I usually bet the turn in hand 2. Having checked, I think I check-call the river.

[mscags]

I always have trouble with these. Why do you think hand 1 is good? Is it because there is a three flush and he could ver easily have nothing but just be on the spade draw?

[JrJordan]

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I always have trouble with these. Why do you think hand 1 is good? Is it because there is a three flush and he could ver easily have nothing but just be on the spade draw?

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I think that's exactly the reason why. The Q makes a straight for JT, but every other draw missed. Getting 7.5:1 that he was on a flush draw UI makes this an easy call.