3 Crucial Hands in NL50

So I just recently moved up to NL50, and I feel good, but I don't know what to make of these past few hands!

Hand 1:
Villain is a maniac!
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MP1 ($64.30)
MP2 ($24.02)
CO ($50)
Button ($96.63)
SB ($36.45)
BB ($41.30)
UTG :#A500AF(villain)/ ($114.30)
Hero ($49.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.50. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG :#A500AF(villain)/ calls $0.50, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO (poster) calls $1.50, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG :#A500AF(villain)/ calls $1.50.

Flop: ($6.75) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
villain checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, CO folds, villain calls $4.

Turn: ($14.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
villain checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $9</font>, villain calls $9.

River: ($32.75) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">villain bets $35</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $67.75

Hand 2:

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MP3 ($25.22)
<font color="#C00000">CO ($45.70)</font>
Button ($71.75)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($55.30)</font>
BB ($47.99)
UTG ($46.75)
UTG+1 ($47.44)
MP1 ($54.93)
<font color="#C00000">MP2 :#A500AF(villain)/ ($41.23)</font>

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, MP2 :#A500AF(villain)/ calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">villain bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1, BB folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds.

Turn: ($4.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">villain bets $1</font>, Hero calls $1.

River: ($6.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, <font color="#CC3333">villain raises to $15</font>, Hero calls $12.

Final Pot: $36.50

Hand 3:

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UTG+1 ($48.50)
UTG+2 ($47.25)
MP1 ($76.15)
MP2 ($64.80)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($48.85)</font>
CO ($49.25)
<font color="#C00000">Button :#A500AF(villain)/ ($47.30)</font>
SB ($51.99)
BB ($48.83)
UTG ($58.33)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $2.5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button :#A500AF(villain)/ calls $2.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($5.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $4</font>, <font color="#CC3333">villain raises to $8</font>, Hero calls $42.35 (All-In), villain calls $36.80 (All-In).

Turn: ($96.90) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: ($96.90) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $96.90

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has As Ah (three of a kind, aces).
villain has Kh Jh (flush, king high).
Outcome: villain wins $95.35. Hero wins $1.55. </font>

Any help would be greatly appreciated...gimme your worst.

[TheRegulat0r]

Bet full pot on the turn of hand 1.

The $1 flop and turn bet on hand 2 is often a donkey trying to be tricky with a nut flush draw. The river pairs the board also, so I probably check/call the river.

Hand 3 looks good.

Hand 1:
I think he’s semi bluffing, and maybe calling in the CO with A?Ah, although AKh is not out of the questions.
Calling 9 on the river when the pot is only 14$ makes me think he has a made hand though, so there I rule out AKh, knowing that top pair would be no good.
I think he tried to slow play aces, and goes all in on the river hoping to scare you off, at least knowing he’ll get his money back. I say semi bluffing with Aces because he has the nut heart making it hard for you to think you have the best.
I have a hard time believing a flush-----and a hard time thinking he has a 7
But I probably would have folded to, if hes that big a fish calling 9 dollars chasing a flush he’ll pay you off later

Hand 2:
Bad play, should have value bet the flop, I like this move with a non-nut flush.
Maybe 3 dollars. It might just win you the pot, and you would have a pretty good idea at whos drawing, because your most likely going to see a showdown.
I hate betting the flop and not betting the turn, I try to make it look like my hand got better, betting 4$ or 5$ is a steep draw, if he calls it and the card doesn’t come, bet the river he most certinaly folds. If it comes its pretty easy to assume your beat, but if you bet 5$ he might not have A, and fold or make a crying call and pay you off with a 6 high flush. If he CR’s you fold. I don’t like giving control here. But I also wont limp with Q7, especially with 6 out of 8 seeing the flop, pump it or dump it to get them out.

Hand 3:
Check call the turn.
Bet the river, and since there not holding the ace I think there forced to just call you.


but i new to all this