Re: 2 50-100 hands vs. phil laak
Substituting phil laak for "a very good player" because I have no idea how he plays ring games.
Hand 1, the only losing hand that played the flop and call are a few 5s, making the odds that he has one very small. If he likes to bet his position, the % of the time you can induce a bluff is likely higher than that he % of time has one of the 5s, but you know his style and I don't.
I don't see any reason to CR the turn... you have no reason to think he's on a flush draw so a CR doesn't look like you're trying to push a flush draw out, rather it looks like the monster it is.
He likely has an overpair and if his 4%er hits you aren't going to lay it down to him so a scared player might CR but the check is the right call. On the river you hope a flush or high card hits and you can check and induce a river bet.
Hand 2 is a tricky bet number. He knows you aren't that afraid of a backdoor flush so I like that you kept the bet controlled. I hope he didn't have 10-10.
Was there another play you considered?
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