Thanks for the replies so far,

Quote Originally Posted by ihategnomes
I re-raise preflop in hand 1.
I definitely considered this, and 80% of the time I would re-raise here. The reason I didn't re-raise was cause of the damn SB, and his track record of cold calling very strong hands in the blinds. I didn't want to make a huge pot in this spot, stuck between Btn and SB, when either one of them could have a big hand.

Quote Originally Posted by Genitruc
Hand 2 : hahaha this is sooooooo close. His range includes other pp's, so you're probably only ahead of 2-3 hands. Since he's a donk he's very capable of calling a 3-bet w Ax so I'd pitch it.
Yah, I kinda got screwed with my "checking, to make a worse hand bet" play, when I didn't even know where I was at myself. Is it a better line to just bet this flop, and if called, abandon on the turn? At least then I have some idea where i'm at?