Re: Two Hands, Rate my Play (Horrible?)
 

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Both of these hands look fine to me.

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Really? Hand 2 looks ok to me, but hand 1 doesn't look good at all. OP got all in with bottom set against two opponents who are showing considerable strength and two straights are possible. This can't possibly be good.

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Hero is getting 3:1 on his call without even considering BB. I think you see KJ and a flush draw or a similiar combination often enough that this is a decent call.

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If you always get all your money in when you have a set or a 2-card straight on a non-scary board (no pair, no flush, no four-to-a-straight), you will do very well for yourself. If they have straights, or higher straights, good for them; they usually won't.

Re: Two Hands, Rate my Play (Horrible?)
 

And if you can fold a set when you correctly place somebody on a straight, you will do even better.

Re: Two Hands, Rate my Play (Horrible?)
 

This post says it all.

Re: Two Hands, Rate my Play (Horrible?)
 

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Hand 2 exhibits the same class of error. You need to raise this flop, partly because a minbet often means 'I'm drawing', mostly because you want to find out if you're drawing dead while it's still cheap to do so.

As played, I would just call him down from the turn onward. If he's betting top set or whatever, you'll make a good profit while losing the minimum to the nuts.

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In hand 2, he flopped the nuts. I got outplayed. I don't think that there is anything I can do here besides realize that he did this or has a set?? There is no way he goes all in on the turn and I am ahead.

Re: Two Hands, Rate my Play (Horrible?)
 

I don't like to see monsters everywhere, but in both of those hands, did you not read the board and see that there were made straights possible on both boards?

On the second hand, you were drawing to a 'sucker straight.'

There's a reason they call it that.