[jd2b2006]

I was at your table when the second hand happened. If I remember correctly, you were in the SB and he was in the BB and you minraised preflop. The whole thing could have been avoided had I pushed or raised preflop as I had AJo UTG, but I had raised preflop the previous two hands and did not want to steal too much. So as to the second hand, the BB did not have many chips left, so I do not like trying to steal BB's blind unless I have something decent. But, I think BB's play by not raising all-in preflop was horrible as he put in 1/3 of his chips. Yes you outdrew him on the turn and river, but it is his own fault for not trying to get you out of the hand preflop.

As for the first hand, I agree with you that BB played AQ poorly given the board. When he check/calls the flop, and checks the turn, I would have put him on the A without a diamond. If I were you, I might have bet 1500 on the river if you wanted to hope not to have your cards seen. However, given the line, I would have thought I had the best hand and would have bet 1000 for value. Having your opponent see what you played with when you steal can help down the line if you have a big hand in the cutoff or button. The blinds might try to play back at you given your stealing past and you can pick up a big pot.