$100NL hands.

1)

Opp in this hand is TAG, he sees me as tricky, but he has a lot of respect for my game...he doesnt see me as a mega lag, but knows i can mix it up. This guy is on my MSN, i think hes scared to play a hand against me.
i wasnt too sure what he had...i thought maybe a small suited ace or 22 or a bluff. is my play here standard?

Game #2898537404: Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1) - 2006/07/04 - 19:49:00 (ET)
Table "Spartan" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Morillons ($44.11 in chips)
Seat 2: newy ($82.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Laxxx ($246.92 in chips)
Seat 4: rishanb ($269.82 in chips)
Seat 5: Tiffa2404 ($51.78 in chips)
Seat 6: takinstax ($97 in chips)
Morillons: posts small blind $0.50
newy: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to takinstax [7h Ah]
Laxxx: folds
rishanb: calls $1
Tiffa2404: calls $1
takinstax: raises to $5
Morillons: folds
newy: folds
rishanb: calls $4
Tiffa2404: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Ad Jh 2h]
rishanb: bets $4
takinstax: raises to $15
rishanb: raises to $45
takinstax: raises to $92 and is all-in


2)
i didnt have any reads on this player at the time, wat the hell do i do here....

Game #2898606534: Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1) - 2006/07/04 - 19:51:15 (ET)
Table "Spartan" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Morillons ($43.61 in chips)
Seat 2: newy ($81 in chips)
Seat 4: rishanb ($218.82 in chips)
Seat 5: Tiffa2404 ($52.28 in chips)
Seat 6: takinstax ($146.50 in chips)
rishanb: posts small blind $0.50
Tiffa2404: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to takinstax [Ks Kh]
takinstax: raises to $4
Morillons: folds
newy: calls $4
rishanb: calls $3.50
Tiffa2404: calls $3
----- FLOP ----- [Jd 7s 8d]
rishanb: checks
Tiffa2404: bets $1
takinstax: raises to $13
newy: calls $13
rishanb: calls $13
Tiffa2404: folds
----- TURN ----- [Jd 7s 8d][Th]
rishanb: checks
takinstax: checks
newy: bets $27
rishanb: folds
takinstax.....

i like hand1

in two i might just open push.... gambOOL!

Hand 1 is fine. Although your hand itself (TP + NFD) is a little overrated (I would rather have second pair + NFD) because hitting trips probably doesn't really change anything. For example I wouldn't be as eager to get it all in on the flop with A2c on a Ad Jc 8c flop as I would with A2c on a 2d Tc 9c flop, because often times in the first hand you're going to be basically on a glorified flush draw, your kicker may not even be out if they have aces up, so you basically have 9 outs a lot of the time. In the second flop we have a lot of outs against something like T9, any two, any ace, any club. There is a big difference between those two hands. In either event hand 1 is just fine. There are times when he is on a total bluff or has a lower flush draw, not to mention you are only a small dog to a better ace. It's not like a massive +EV situation, but it's a fine time to get your chips in when the pot is heads up. This situation plays much differently multiway.

Hand 2: Very sticky spot, I'd raise bigger on the flop. As is stands you can't do anything but c/f the turn. You're behind pretty much everything on that board. I have a feeling you were probably beat all along so the turn saved you money (assuming you folded).

yea, i folded...he said he had JJ, the guy in hand 1 folded as well.