2 LL hands that bother me

[Wyrm2]

The following are 2 hands from tonight, both on the same table, a pretty standard Party 1-2 table. Any comments are greatly appreciated...

Hand 1- I'm dealt A-Jo on the button. 4 limpers to me, I limp as well, SB folds and BB checks.
6 see the flop which comes 7-J-K rainbow. Checked around to me, I bet all fold except one MP limper.
2 to the turn which is K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] giving us 2 diamonds. Checked to me, I bet, MP calls
River is Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] so no flush. Checked to me, and I check(Weak?)

Hand 2- I'm dealt Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in the small blind. UTG and UTG+1 fold, 4 limpers to me, I complete and the BB checks.
6 to see the flop of J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. I bet and get three callers (BB and 2 LP).
4 to the turn- Turn is 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. I bet, all call.
4 to the river- River is K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] I bet, all call.

Comments on any street appreciated.

[Mike Gallo]

Hand one

Raise preflop. I think you played the rest of the hand fine. I do not know if you missed a value bet on the river.

Hand two

Good try. I like how you still bet with the flush and your two pair getting counterfeited on the river.

when you bet the river did you think you had the best hand?

[tj00]

Hand 1

I like to raise here pre-flop. To knock the blinds out and take the initiative. On the river, I think you have value bet here, but it is probably a thin one and checking behind is not that bad.

Hand 2

Looks Good

[BottlesOf]

I like how you played Hand 2, although if it were me, I'd expect to lose to someone who shouldn't have been playing.

Hand 1, I would've raised pre-flop, probably would have checked the flop (maybe this is too weak, but i'd be scared of Kxs). Once it's checked to me on the Turn, I'm no longer scared and I bet out.

[lil']

Hand 1 - Raise pre-flop. I would bet the river. I don't know what this guy is calling you down with. It doesn't appear to be a king, since he would have taken some turn action.

Hand 2 - Nice. Lousy river card. An ace would have been worse than a king, though, so you still have a decent shot.

[Wyrm2]

Thanks to everyone, I lost both hands, although I didn't feel too bad about the first one.

Hand 1- MP shows Q-4s for the pair of Queens [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] (For future reference I will certainly consider raising PF there)

Hand 2- I think after a good nights sleep that I was too blindly aggressive, but I lost to the BB, who got a free look at the blind with 9-5o (Them's the breaks).

And for those who asked about whether I thought I had the best hand here, I thought that there was a fair chance I was best. I was pretty confident that there was no flush, I was really only worried about the 5 (with good reason [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]). I figured someone with the flush or the 5 would have raised me on the turn.