One thing - Either you are going to lead or you are going to fold when an over card hits.
Hand #1 - I would have 3 bet the flop. You have top pair, take charge and THEN see what happens. you really don't want people with a higher card in the hand so if you can manage to fold ONE guy, your odds of winning just went up.
The way it went down is MP2 is in charge and you forced to call and pray.
Hand #2 - raise MP and see what he REALLY has, if he reraises you get out, you saved some dough. If he calls you will probebly get a free card on the river. Anyway - again - a raise with one small bet would fold some players and thus - your chances of winning the hand go up.
MP probebly has a K weak kicker and is now scared of you,. I would have check/called on the river though.
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