Trip 8s

[quinlan20]

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $28.25
UTG+1: $27.45
CO: $24.40
Hero: $24.85
SB: $22.65
BB: $31

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with 8 T
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.1, SB calls, BB folds, UTG calls.

Flop: 9 7 8 ($3.55, 3 players)
SB bets $2.75, UTG folds, Hero calls.

Turn: 8 ($9.05, 2 players)
SB bets $9.05

Hero? Just get it all in?

[quinlan20]

I'd really got under the players skin in this next one, constantly raising his blinds and calling his river bluffs a couple of times, so decided to play QTs against him OOP. Do you call the river? He thought for a good few seconds before pushing.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $8.30
CO: $36.80
Button: $23.40
SB: $8.20
Hero: $55.75

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with T Q
UTG folds, CO raises to $0.85, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: J J 9 ($1.8, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: K ($1.8, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.25, CO raises to $4, Hero calls.

River: 8 ($9.8, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO is all-in $31.95

[IowaSkinsFan]

First hand: probably a push.
Second hand: fold.