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Hand1- check/fold the river- u will never be good here. what do u think they are hanging around with?

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I'd seen a couple of guys at the table end up at showdown with crap, and I made the mistake of extrapolating that tiny bit of information to cover the whole table. Not smart.

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Hand2- i think you need to fold this flop.

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I think you're right.

Thanks again to everyone for confirming my feeling that I was the donkey in these hands. Obviously "just stupid" is the consensus, and rightly so.