[Nick C]

Hand 1: When UTG+1 wakes up on the turn after calling all those bets on the flop, it sure looks like he has QT. However, since he's a retarded LAG, we certainly can't rule out a slowplay of a more vulnerable hand, like J9. We also can't rule out the possibility that the turn improved UTG+1 to two pair. And maybe he has T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and the turn gave him a better draw, or maybe he's just being weird with K6s.

This one seems okay to me, although I'm not at all happy when UTG+1 wakes up, and improving on the river doesn't cheer me up a whole lot.

Hand 2: This seems fine, too. CO may have slowplayed you to the river, but he also could've just caught a worse aces up hand on the river. I take river raises from passive players seriously, and I wouldn't want to open myself up to a cap, so I think I'd just call, like you did.

Hand 3: On the river, I'd be thinking, "How the hell did that card help you?" I'd call, expecting to lose to 97 or JT or something like that. I guess a hand like J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] isn't really all that unlikely, since Villain might peel with his backdoors on the flop with that hand, in this big pot. And with hands like J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], of course he's staying in.

In any case, though, I'd need to see it. I think your unknown Villain will be popping you with something like A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] often enough. Players who like to try to buy the pot with a river raise really aren't that uncommon at 5/10.

Hand 4: I'd probably fire again at the turn here, hoping that bet would be the one that got Villain to dump AJ. It's an uncomfortable spot, though. Villain will be calling (or maybe even occasionally raising) with worse hands like QJ and KJ, and if you bet, you could be walking right into a raise from AT, etc.

The river seems fine to me. Villain may check behind with A9 now.

Playing good but not great heads-up hands like KQs against a cold-caller who's only a little loose isn't really very much fun.

Hand 5: What the hell? I guess BB must have 43 or A5 or turned trips or something. I doubt you're good very often, but I would have paid off too. Maybe BB has 85s for three pair (that's only two combos, though, and we can't even be sure he'd play that) or played a worse ace this way. And a hand like 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] is also possible, but not especially likely. I think river checkraises at 5/10 are usually (though not always) a strong hand. But I'd need to see it.