Hand 1 and Hand 2

[Yeti]

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I don't like your fold in Hand 1 at all. You think he'd overbet the pot here with the nut straight? Seems to me he has something like two pair.


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I would. The pot is awfully large and I dont want boats to fill or flushs to come in.

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Hand 2 - call the flop, hope the 3rd guy also calls (or raises!).

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By flat calling his $15 bet I am making a flush draw awwwwfullllly juicy for our next villain to act.

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Why post your hands for critique if you're going to ignore any suggestions?

It's awfully hard for me to put myself in some of these trickier spots and imagine what I would do - perhaps in Hand 2 I would actually raise on the flop. However, you can't consider laying down a set at this level with stacks so shallow.

I agree with the other postee that you seem to have a few demons in your closet; how can you accurately put the player in Hand 1 on JQ when there's umpteen other hands he'd play this way? I maintain he had 2pr and the ace scared him, but AJ also seems plausible too.

[flawless_victory]

both of these hands are insta-calls. easy. why did you post hand 2?

[amoeba]

what are you talking about?

I advocated a call.

[okayplayer]

Hand 1: I am re-raising the flop. I would put him on 2 pair or maybe a set (maybe even JT?). On the turn, I don't know why you folded... if he did have what you feared (QJ, the nuts) why would he overbet the pot? Wouldn't he want atleast a little more of your money?
Hand 2: I'd raise (you could let in a flush draw for a good price). If you're not going to aggressively play your sets you shouldn't play small PPs. If you have a good read on a player and he comes back over the top, you could lay it down (but I hope you have a good read). Sometimes you'll lose set over set, but you could also double through AK or AA.