New to shorthanded, please help me out

Just getting started with shorthanded, and I find myself in some situations where I don't know the right play.
These are hands from a session I'm currently playing ..

Should I just flat call and look to hit my set with our deep stacks? That's what I normally would do but since this is SH I'm unsure..
Vallian was 37/14/2.7 over 80 hands ..

** Game ID 1291826224 starting - 2007-03-29 16:14:19
** Old Man [Hold 'em] (0.50|1.00 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- -Alpha66 sitting in seat 2 with $164.10
- pesm11 sitting in seat 3 with $108.80
- tripletree sitting in seat 4 with $14.24 [Dealer]
- stevieval sitting in seat 5 with $125.75
- Regnfall sitting in seat 6 with $215.80

stevieval posted the small blind - $0.50
Regnfall posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to -Alpha66: Queen of Hearts, Queen of Clubs
-Alpha66 raised - $4.00
pesm11 folded
tripletree folded
stevieval folded
Regnfall raised - $13.00
-Alpha66 raised - $26.00
Regnfall called - $26.00

** Dealing the flop: 2 of Hearts, Ace of Clubs, 8 of Spades
Regnfall checked
-Alpha66 bet - $33.00
Regnfall called - $33.00

** Dealing the turn: 6 of Clubs
Regnfall checked
-Alpha66 checked

** Dealing the river: 8 of Hearts
Regnfall bet - $59.25
-Alpha66 folded
Regnfall mucks:
Regnfall wins $175.75 from the main pot

Newer go broke in a unraised pot, so I diden't. But I'm still not really sure what to think of this hand ..


** Game ID 1291812365 starting - 2007-03-29 16:04:29
** Odonata [Hold 'em] (0.50|1.00 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- hemmatutt sitting in seat 1 with $34.55
- ArcticSun sitting in seat 2 with $77.00 [Dealer]
- -Alpha66 sitting in seat 3 with $109.00
- Ignorant_Kid sitting in seat 4 with $114.50
- Svegga sitting in seat 5 with $195.21
- uddudd sitting in seat 6 with $135.18

-Alpha66 posted the small blind - $0.50
Ignorant_Kid posted the big blind - $1.00
** Dealing card to -Alpha66: 9 of Diamonds, 10 of Diamonds
Svegga folded
uddudd folded
hemmatutt folded
ArcticSun folded
-Alpha66 raised - $3.50
Ignorant_Kid called - $3.50

** Dealing the flop: 10 of Clubs, 7 of Diamonds, 7 of Spades
-Alpha66 bet - $4.00
Ignorant_Kid called - $4.00

** Dealing the turn: 3 of Clubs
-Alpha66 bet - $6.00
Ignorant_Kid raised - $18.00
-Alpha66 called - $18.00

** Dealing the river: 9 of Hearts
-Alpha66 bet - $24.00
Ignorant_Kid went all-in - $90.00
-Alpha66 folded
Ignorant_Kid mucks:
Ignorant_Kid wins $162.00 from the main pot

Why min-reraise preflop in hand 1?

If you're going to fold to a push in the river of hand 2, why not just check it? If he pushes then, you save yourself a bet, and if he bets a smaller amount you can consider calling.

Why min-reraise preflop in hand 1?

If you're going to fold to a push in the river of hand 2, why not just check it? If he pushes then, you save yourself a bet, and if he bets a smaller amount you can consider calling.

The minbet is a mistake i meant to reraise small, but not that small..

The river bet is a blocking bet, if I check the river to me he could be taking it away with some kind of jack by betting 3/4 pot, if he had a jack I think he would just call, and if he had a 7 he would let me know as he did allowing me to fold .. Don't know if that makes sense[/code]