Crying call?

Is hand one standard? Do you guys play it any differently? Just seeing how my line looks.

Hand two is just posted out of frustration. Ugh. I wanted to vomit.

PokerStars Game #3821768575: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/01/31 - 21:10:41 (ET)
Table 'Galt III' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Lukieplaya ($135.55 in chips)
Seat 2: larryab ($112.95 in chips)
Seat 3: givmescrill ($18 in chips)
Seat 4: mitchmoney ($99 in chips)
Seat 5: MRCASHINO ($67.85 in chips)
Seat 6: SPoOoDY ($59.20 in chips)
larryab: posts small blind $0.50
givmescrill: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Lukieplaya [As Kh]
mitchmoney: folds
MRCASHINO: raises $1 to $2
SPoOoDY: calls $2
Lukieplaya: calls $2
larryab: folds
givmescrill: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 4d 4h]
MRCASHINO: bets $1
SPoOoDY: calls $1
Lukieplaya: raises $6 to $7
MRCASHINO: calls $6
SPoOoDY: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Ah 4d 4h] [Js]
MRCASHINO: checks
SPoOoDY: checks
Lukieplaya: bets $15
MRCASHINO: calls $15
SPoOoDY: folds
*** RIVER *** [Ah 4d 4h Js] [Kc]
MRCASHINO: bets $43.85 and is all-in
Lukieplaya: calls $43.85
*** SHOW DOWN ***


What a donk. Enough said...

PokerStars Game #3821801483: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/01/31 - 21:13:16 (ET)
Table 'Circe IV' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: occssw ($115.70 in chips)
Seat 2: Olsie ($75.40 in chips)
Seat 3: BOOKSR ($12 in chips)
Seat 4: Dornie ($22.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Lukieplaya ($136.20 in chips)
Seat 6: mleonida ($23.60 in chips)
Olsie: posts small blind $0.50
BOOKSR: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Lukieplaya [Ah Ad]
Olsie said, "gf"
occssw said, "no kicker"
Dornie: folds
Lukieplaya: raises $3 to $4
Olsie said, "AQ"
mleonida: folds
occssw: calls $4
Olsie said, "no heart"
Olsie: folds
BOOKSR: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 3s Jh]
Lukieplaya: bets $6
occssw said, "here either"
occssw: calls $6
*** TURN *** [4h 3s Jh] [9s]
Lukieplaya: bets $15
occssw: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [4h 3s Jh 9s] [5s]
Lukieplaya: checks
occssw: bets $20.70
Lukieplaya: calls $20.70
*** SHOW DOWN ***
occssw: shows [5d 5c] (three of a kind, Fives)
Lukieplaya: mucks hand
Lukieplaya said, "wow"
occssw collected $89.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $92.90 | Rake $3
Board [4h 3s Jh 9s 5s]
Seat 1: occssw (button) showed [5d 5c] and won ($89.90) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 2: Olsie (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BOOKSR (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Dornie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Lukieplaya mucked [Ah Ad]
Seat 6: mleonida folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hand 1 I'm definitely reraising preflop. Doesn't need to be huge. Something like $8 would work well. As played I think I like checking behind on the turn. And I think you need a good read to call that river push.

Hand 2 is goot. What did you put villian on? I think I'm value-betting here almost everytime. Something like 1/2 should be good. If you get raised then you can toss your hand easily. (I can't believe he called you down w/55 LOL)

Busted flush in hand 1? Played fine - easy river call.

Hand 2, I think you need to bet higher on each street because suits and connectors. I guess he wasn't folding regardless though.

hand1 nice
hand 2.
check raise?
especially if opp is aggro or a bit dumb. I might push or really badly overbet the turn if i think opp has anypart of it and thinks im on bluff.
We all hate that river

hand 1: i'm ahead of everything on the flop except the 1 combination of AA, the 1 combination of 44, and some stupid 4x hand. Normally I slow down with TPTK when 2 players call a flop bet, but in this instance i'm almost always best so I fired again on the turn. Don't want someone rivering that flush.

I probably should reraise this preflop 6-max though with only a min-raise in front. (sorry, random)

River was a toughie. I had been showing strength on the flop and turn, so this bet was quite a surprise. First reaction was some random 4 or a busted flush draw, but after I went through his range, I decided that this call was +EV. AA (even 44) would make sense, but very unlikely mathematically. I'm good here 1 outta 3 times I'd like to believe. Villain flipped AA.

Hand 2 is goot. What did you put villian on? I think I'm value-betting here almost everytime. Something like 1/2 should be good. If you get raised then you can toss your hand easily. (I can't believe he called you down w/55 LOL)

Based on the little I had seen, villain was splashing around in a lot of pots. He liked to call. I was thinking flush draw which would give him a chance to bluff at the pot, but I'm not winning another bet on the end if I fire a third barrell if thats the case. He could also be slowplaying something like a set waiting to river-screw me here, and by checking I avoid facing a large 2-bet on this river. Of course, he could have something stupid like QJ where he almost invariably checks behind and I'd be kicking myself...

Originally Posted by Lukie

Based on the little I had seen, villain was splashing around in a lot of pots. He liked to call. I was thinking flush draw which would give him a chance to bluff at the pot, but I'm not winning another bet on the end if I fire a third barrell if thats the case. He could also be slowplaying something like a set waiting to river-screw me here, and by checking I avoid facing a large 2-bet on this river. Of course, he could have something stupid like QJ where he almost invariably checks behind and I'd be kicking myself...

Yeah, I think your thought process is good. I guess I was just being a little results oriented. I saw him call you down with 55 and assumed he was a typical calling station 6-max fish that has the "he must have AK" syndrome. But I like the river check to induce a bluff.