A few hands that I question from my hot run today

[stu55]

One thing, I was ITM 13 out of 24 times I played and had a large number of 2nd to 3rd place finishes, what do I do to increase the number of 1sts I get shorthands? (only got 1st 2 times)


Do pot odds justify this incredibly poor hand possibly being called with?

***** Hand History for Game 3260892381 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:18597638 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Sunday, December 25, 21:40:08 EDT 2005
Table Table 67315 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: lrtnp ( $785 )
Seat 2: black74 ( $855 )
Seat 3: Jon95014 ( $800 )
Seat 4: buddha5000 ( $785 )
Seat 5: tatter81 ( $1045 )
Seat 6: KillingRoad ( $740 )
Seat 7: TheSaint007 ( $805 )
Seat 8: GKallai ( $725 )
Seat 9: aholein1 ( $690 )
Seat 10: HERO ( $770 )
Trny:18597638 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 8d 3d ]
black74 raises [30].
Jon95014 calls [30].
buddha5000 folds.
tatter81 calls [30].
KillingRoad folds.
TheSaint007 calls [30].
GKallai calls [30].
aholein1 calls [30].
HERO folds.
lrtnp folds.





Is my AJ beaten here?

***** Hand History for Game 3261700672 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:18602386 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Monday, December 26, 00:20:14 EDT 2005
Table Table 67102 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: suptroop24 ( $715 )
Seat 2: gts4ever ( $620 )
Seat 3: zappaq ( $1575 )
Seat 5: rsn4ever ( $605 )
Seat 6: MiCrooks ( $1100 )
Seat 7: KillingRoad ( $760 )
Seat 8: ydennek ( $910 )
Seat 9: tomoo15 ( $915 )
Seat 10: HERO ( $800 )
Trny:18602386 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ac Jc ]
HERO calls [15].
suptroop24 folds.
gts4ever folds.
>You have options at Table 67627 Table!.
zappaq folds.
rsn4ever calls [15].
MiCrooks folds.
KillingRoad folds.
ydennek calls [5].
tomoo15 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 8s, Ah ]
>You have options at Table 66985 Table!.
ydennek checks.
tomoo15 checks.
>You have options at Table 66985 Table!.
HERO bets [40].
rsn4ever calls [40].
>You have options at Table 66985 Table!.
ydennek folds.
tomoo15 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
HERO checks.
rsn4ever bets [100].
HERO calls [100].
>You have options at Table 67627 Table!.
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
HERO checks.
rsn4ever bets [150].
HERO folds.
rsn4ever does not show cards.
rsn4ever wins 490 chips







Is this fold weak with the size of the bet and pot?

***** Hand History for Game 3261764630 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:18602390 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Monday, December 26, 00:32:33 EDT 2005
Table Table 66985 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: theqipe1 ( $715 )
Seat 3: MiamiCane19 ( $810 )
Seat 4: cdp120 ( $2220 )
Seat 5: wiggy199 ( $375 )
Seat 6: PA_kent ( $1220 )
Seat 7: sjgreen22 ( $280 )
Seat 9: choya_a38 ( $1550 )
Seat 10: HERO ( $830 )
Trny:18602390 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Jh Jd ]
HERO calls [50].
theqipe1 folds.
MiamiCane19 folds.
cdp120 calls [50].
wiggy199 folds.
PA_kent folds.
>You have options at Table 67627 Table!.
sjgreen22 calls [25].
choya_a38 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 6s, Tc ]
sjgreen22 checks.
choya_a38 checks.
HERO checks.
>You have options at Table 67102 Table!.
cdp120 bets [75].
sjgreen22 folds.
choya_a38 calls [75].
HERO folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
choya_a38 checks.
cdp120 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
choya_a38 checks.
cdp120 checks.
choya_a38 shows [ Qd, 9d ] a pair of sixes.
cdp120 shows [ 8s, 8c ] two pairs, eights and sixes.
cdp120 wins 350 chips from the main pot with two pairs, eights and sixes.