Not a good night last night. Ground it out for a while, and then took a severe beating on two big hands, costing me more than 3 buy-ins. I got out straight away after the second one - major tilt was about to hit ...

I'd be grateful for feedback on my play here.

HAND 1:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG ($6.08)
UTG+1 ($2.53)
MP1 ($7.06)
Hero ($10.10)
MP3 ($13.10)
CO ($11.96)
Button ($7.73)
SB ($9.79)
BB ($25.57)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J, A.
UTG calls $0.05, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.25, MP3 calls $0.25, 3 folds, BB calls $0.20, UTG calls $0.20.

Flop: ($1.02) 8, K, Q (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets $0.4, BB folds, UTG calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.40.

Turn: ($2.22) J (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, MP3 checks.

River: ($2.22) K (3 players)
UTG bets $2.05, Hero raises to $6, MP3 folds, UTG calls $3.38 (All-In).

Final Pot: $13.08

So I've flopped the nut flush, and I'm thinking about all the loverly $$$ I'm going to extract from the stacks of my opponents. MP3 here was a super-aggressive player, so I decide to slowplay it thinking I can let him push the action along a bit without giving too much away, keep a few players in and hopefully I can get a whole stack of cash in the pot by the end. Worked out OK until UTG showed KQ.

Better to be the aggressor on the flop and turn here?


HAND 2:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($5.71)
SB ($3.07)
BB ($3.42)
UTG ($9.75)
MP1 ($6.39)
MP2 ($9.99)
Hero ($12.15)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6, 6.
UTG raises to $0.2, MP1 calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.20, 3 folds.

Flop: ($0.67) Q, 7, 6 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets $0.25, UTG calls $0.25, MP1 folds.

Turn: ($1.17) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.9, UTG calls $0.90.

River: ($2.97) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.45, UTG raises to $8.4, Hero calls $5.95.

Final Pot: $19.77

This is an obvious flush, right? Villain has chased his draw and made it (he showed AdKd), and I KNEW it, but its a $14 pot and I just can't lay down my set.

I think I played it OK on the earlier streets - he made the mistake by calling without sufficient odds on the turn - but I should not have called his raise on the river.