how do you play these hands?

[bilbo-san]

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H2:
After MP2 calls the flop I figure I'm ahead and he'll likely fold to a turn bet. So I got cute and wanted to induce a bluff on the river. Then when I improve to two pair and he bets and re-raises, I figured I had a better two pair. He showed 77 for a turned set. Feather in someones cap on their guess/I mean read [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


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This is Fancy Play Syndrome. If you think you're ahead, just bet -- the only BB you'll get from his is now while there's still a card to come, and he's not likely to be smart enough to interpret your turn check to mean that he can now bluff at the pot. If he's holding a weaker made hand, he'll just check behind again.

The fish love to take free cards, by the way....