Two difficult hands: Is there a lesson to be learned here?

[wizard]

You're right, the hands are interesting but I don't believe that the hands are the same. I remember reading once that you should give a player on whom you have no reads a lot of credit until you have a chance to watch him. A limp from the CO seat is either a monster or a passive inexperienced player but your hand is not all that bad so I agree with your limp. After the flop, his bet is the right amount to make it wrong for a flush draw to continue so it looks like he is experienced and is on a huge hand. You should probably lay this down. Now, in practice, I probably push but think that it is wrong.
Hand 2 I believe is more cut and dried. I think that AJ is too weak to call a raise. You might be ahead but I think that you will be behind more often than not.