two 88 hands

[fgar]

I'm getting into lot of trouble with the midle pocket pairs.
How does my play look?


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Preflop: Hero is Button with 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Hero calls, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (9.25 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero folds</font>
Right fold?



and the second one.

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Preflop: Hero is CO with 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, Hero calls, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, Button folds, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 3-bets</font>, MP3 calls, Hero calls, BB calls.

Turn: (11.25 BB) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP3 calls, Hero folds, BB calls.


Right fold?

[chief444]

I'd 3-bet the flop in hand 1. We don't mind BB folding any worse hand he may have since he has 6-outs.

[SmileyEH]

Hand 1 I cap if the BB has a pfr about 10. You have to 3bet the flop, cold calling 2 is worse than folding.

Hand 2 You HAVE to 3bet pf.

-SmileyEH

[FishHooks]

I strongly suggest 3bet pf on hand 2, you would like to isolate him since you have position on him and get those blinds to find.

[TheHammer24]

I don't like cold calling with 88. In the first hand I think MP3 has two overs a lot and he's raising to get rid of you and get a free card. I 3-Bet almost every time here to protect a hand that is probably vulnerable. The second best play is folding. Calling is not smart, especially if you intend on folding the turn. If you plan on calling the flop I suppose your inention must be to call down.

On the second hand post flop is ok, but I say raise or fold on the flop.

I think your mid pp's play would improve if you increased your raises and folds and called a lot less.