Casino 1/2 - 3 Hands

[JustToast]

Now, admittedly I've had a few beers this evening so i'm not super-sharp. Still, I thought there were a few odd-spots here which could use some going over.

1/2 Casino 100-max 40-min NL

The game was deep stacked when I arrived with at least one person around 1k and a few others at 400. Immediately I knew its a tough game by the grim faces sitting around the table. Not a fishy table in the least -- first time i've seen this at the casino but i'm here to kill some time and have some fun. The game is slightly loose, and pretty aggressive.

Some of these plays seem a bit passive, but the table was aggressive enough to do the betting for me. I'd rather play post-flop poker against these guys.

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HAND ONE (AKA. THE TT HAND)

Hero has TT in BB. Raise to $10 in MP from a softer player, 4 calls, hero calls and we're off with 6 to the flop. PFR has a few more chips than hero

Pot: $60
Flop: 9-9-4 rainbow
PFR bets $10, two calls, hero calls. At this point I'm a bit afraid of a 9 as the game is relatively loose but I'm not folding an overpair.

Pot: $100 - Turn: 2x
PFR bets $20, two folds, hero senses weakness in two pathetic bets and pushes

I guess my only question here was whether to push the flop... probably that would have been better.

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HAND TWO ( AKA. The AK HAND )

Hero has AKo UTG and the game is full. Villain is $75, Hero has $200, Button has $400

Hero limps -- I was not wanting to get blown off the hand by the big stack in MP who has done it twice in 15 hands.
Folded to button who raises to $8 (fairly aggressive), SB calls, hero calls.

($25) Flop: K-7-6 two clubs
SB checks, hero checks, button checks behind (DAMN that check-raise didnt work out did it)

($25) Turn: 8 no club
SB bets $30, hero looks up at button who is fiddling with his cards -- the folding tell and pushes to put SB in for $25 more.

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HAND THREE ( AKA. THE QQ HAND )

Hero has $159, Villain has $110

Hero has QQ in MP and raises to $10, three callers.
($40) Flop: 2-6-9
Hero bets $20 and Villain pushes for $99 total.

Hero goes into the thinkers pose and calculates his just-short-of-two-to-one pot odds. Villain has done nothing out of line in a short time at the table, and has not pushed so far. Hero figures he's only ahead of TT-JJ that villain would do this with and folds.

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[Sykes]

Hand #1, If you're not going to fold an overpair, then please raise the flop. Calling is disastrous if an A/K/Q falls on the turn.

Hand #2, You should re-raise pre-flop. You need to bet the flop.

Hand #3, bet the pot on the flop. Is there any chance he has a random 9 here like, 98/9T/A9/78? I don't see you getting away from this hand.