Two Plus Two Older Archives - 5 hands for critique

I'm not much of a ring game nl player. In fact, I'd sworn it off before as a sure-fire way for me to hemmhorage money. (Oddly enough, I like my tournament nl play, but just have done awful in rings.) But boredom while playing limit at pacific got the better of me, and when I started, the table stats for the nl sure looked juicy compared to those for 1/2 on stars, so I took the plunge. Out of respect for bisonbison, I withhold results for a later post. Thanks.

Hand 1

Table was fairly passive, so I felt OK limping ep with my hand. No read on New Guy; obviously I had respect for Fish.

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saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($12.95)
BB (New Guy) ($10)
Hero ($15.95)
UTG+1 ($14.20)
MP1 ($23.90)
MP2 ($17.40)
MP3 ($13.20)
CO ($29.50)
Button (Fish) ($5.95)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero calls $0, UTG+1 calls $0, MP1 calls $0, MP2 calls $0, 1 fold, CO calls $0, Button (Fish) calls $0, SB completes, BB (New Guy) checks,25,25,25,25,25,25,

Flop: ($2.15) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (8 players)
SB checks, New Guy bets $0.25, Hero raises to $3, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Fish raises to $5.7, SB folds, New Guy calls $5.45, Hero calls $2.70.

Turn: ($19.25) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
New Guy bets $4.05 (All-In), Hero calls $4.05.

River: ($27.35) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $27.35
Main Pot: $27.35, between New Guy and Hero.

Hand 2

Different Fish

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Button (Fish) ($12.85)
SB ($8.50)
Hero ($16.65)
UTG ($27.60)
UTG+1 ($24.30)
MP1 ($26.05)
MP2 ($13.65)
MP3 ($28.15)
CO ($6.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
6 folds, Button (Fish) raises to $0, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1,5,75, Button (Fish) calls $1.25.

Flop: ($3.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $4, Fish calls $4.

Turn: ($11.75) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $10.9 (All-In), Fish calls $7.10 (All-In).

River: ($29.75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $29.75
Main Pot: $25.95, between Fish and Hero.
Pot 2: $3.80, returned to Hero.

Hand 3

Scary Opponent seemed tight, wasn’t sure how passive/aggressive

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UTG+1 ($12.65)
MP1 ($4.75)
Hero ($29.55)
MP3 ($29.65)
CO (Scary Opponent) ($24.65)
Button ($25.35)
SB ($12.80)
BB ($26.65)
UTG ($6.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero calls $0, 1 fold, CO (Scary Opponent) calls $0, 2 folds, BB checks,25,25,

Flop: ($1) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Scary Opponent checks.

Turn: ($1) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Scary Opponent bets $0.5, BB folds, Hero calls $0.50.

River: ($2) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Scary Opponent bets $0.5, Hero raises to $1, Scary Opponent raises to $1.5, Hero raises to $2, Scary Opponent calls $0.50.

Final Pot: $6
Main Pot: $6, between Hero and Scary Opponent.

Hand 4

The opponent here didn’t strike me as very good–a bit of a chaser, and often in kicker trouble.

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CO ($17.50)
Button ($18.65)
Hero ($26.25)
BB ($30.15)
UTG ($16.35)
UTG+1 ($26.70)
MP1 ($10.10)
MP2 ($33.30)
MP3 ($6.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0, 2 folds, CO calls $0, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB checks,25,25,25,

Flop: ($1.40) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $1, MP1 folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $2, BB folds, UTG calls $1.

Turn: ($5.40) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $5.5, UTG calls $5.50.

River: ($16.40) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Final Pot: $16.40
Main Pot: $16.40, between Hero and UTG.

Hand 5

Opponent here seemed moderately decent.

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MP2 ($17)
MP3 ($18.65)
Hero ($33.70)
Button ($28.65)
SB ($8.35)
BB ($26.70)
UTG ($9.85)
UTG+1 ($33.30)
MP1 ($8.45)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0, 2 folds, Hero calls $0, 2 folds, BB checks,25,25,25,

Flop: ($1.25) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 bets $0.5, Hero calls $0.50, BB folds, UTG folds.

Turn: ($2.25) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.75, Hero raises to $1.5, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: $4.50
Main Pot: $3.75, won by Hero.
Pot 2: $0.75, returned to Hero.