2 pokerstars 15/30 hands from the BB
 

I thought I'd play a little limit. I used to play 5/10, then moved to tournaments and have had a lot of success there so far. Bored today so decided to jump into a 15/30 game.

CO is the same person in both hands. He is very active, involved in a lot of pots. Hand 1 might be pretty bad. Hand 2, a lot of draws didn't get there and I thought I could get a bluff out of him on the river?

How do you feel about these hands?

Hand 1:
PokerStars 15/30 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (6.66 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, MP2 folds, CO calls.

Turn: (5.33 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

River: (7.33 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

Final Pot: 9.33 BB

Hand 2:
PokerStars 15/30 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls, SB folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 calls, CO calls.

River: (6.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets</font>, Hero calls, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: 8.50 BB

Re: 2 pokerstars 15/30 hands from the BB
 

Hand #1, I don't bet this river. I think you will see something like 55 or A7 much more often than AJ calling you on the river.

Hand #2, I play it the same way. I like the check-call on the river.

Re: 2 pokerstars 15/30 hands from the BB
 

In Hand 1, do you check/call or check/fold the river? Is the play OK until then? I wasn't sure if it was right to call or raise preflop. Since I called preflop, I felt check/raising the flop and leading the turn was a good idea, but I'm not 100% sure why really. I guess he's not really going anywhere on the river since he called my turn bet.