6 Max line check

[Taciturn]

No Reads. Was I too aggressive with AK in hand 2? Is the flop play in hand 1 standard?

Hand 1:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

UTG ($120.15)
MP ($92)
Hero ($112.65)
Button ($147.65)
SB ($84.20)
BB ($57.45)

Preflop: Hero is CO with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3</font>, Button calls $3, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $2.

Flop: ($9.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to $20</font>, BB folds, Hero calls $103.65 (All-In), Button calls $89.65.

Turn: ($228.80) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($228.80) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $228.80

Hand 2:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 5 handed) converter

BB ($59.45)
UTG ($156.20)
MP ($115)
Hero ($99)
SB ($60.17)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $2</font>, MP calls $2, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $7</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls $6, UTG calls $5, MP calls $5.

Flop: ($28.50) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets $5</font>, UTG calls $5, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $30</font>, BB calls $47.45 (All-In), UTG folds, Hero calls $22.45.

Turn: ($138.40) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: ($138.40) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $138.40

[Larimani]

both hands are fine IMO.

[wtfsvi]

That is a goddamnly big draw you have there in hand one. Plays itself.

In hand two, you might raise a couple of more dollars preflop. Flop is fine. Allthough it's quite probable you're beat after he reraises all-in after the weak lead, it's not probable enough to lay it down.

[punter11235]

You played both hands very well.

[orange]

Nice hands IMO. Well played.

[Taciturn]

Thanks everyone - I guess I just got shaken losing almost two buy-ins in my first 10 minutes.

In hand one, villain had QQ. In hand two, villain had AhJh. Both were almost coinflips.

[amoeba]

only thing I would do differently is raise/reraise a bit more preflop.

but that might be a personal preference.

[RiverFenix]

You have no advantage to raising to 30 in the 2nd hand. Raising to 20 makes a big difference if he decides to push and still sends the same message about the strength of your hand.