Two Top Pair Hands

[KingDan]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

CO (t390)
Button (t1525)
SB (t875)
Hero (t1250)
UTG (t910)
UTG+1 (t1625)
MP1 (t440)
MP2 (t985)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t30, CO calls t30, Button calls t30, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t180) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t175</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t450</font>,


Same Villian same orbit

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

MP2 (t360)
CO (t1320)
Button (t845)
Hero (t1575)
BB (t910)
UTG (t1595)
UTG+1 (t440)
MP1 (t955)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls t30, Button calls t30, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t75</font>, BB folds, CO calls t75, Button folds.

Turn: (t270) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, CO calls t100.

River: (t470) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t150</font>, villian pushes (almost 1k more) Hero folds.

Final Pot: t620

[KingDan]

bump.

[Always Rockets]

I think you're good on your first hand, and in the event of a re-raise all in, you still would have enough chips to play with if you were forced to fold.

Your second hand, the flop bet is okay. Your turn bet is very weak, and it allows him to call with any of the draws on the board with 3.7-1 odds, and also cheaply disguise any set he flopped. You aren't finding out anything about his hand. I really dislike your river bet, unless you think youre weak leading the pot because you're far ahead, but you have no reason to think that, unless you have some massive tell. In any event, you shouldn't make that bet unless you plan on calling his all-in.

[KingDan]

I agree, and think I not betting enough on the turn has become a leak of mine.