I had a heated discussion with FTR poster Genitruc about these two hands and he suggested I post these here to get an idea of what the consensus on the best line to take on these two rivers is. I left river action out, but include if you would bet/fold or bet/call if you do suggest betting the river.

Hand 1 : Villain is a decent reg who in the past was notoriously nitty but seems to be mixing up his game a bit more in the past few sessions i've played against him. I have him now at 17/14/4.45.

CryptoLogic No-Limit Hold'em, $5.00 BB (6 handed) - Crypto-Logic Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($470.20)
MP ($546.90)
CO ($447.65)
Button ($1371.15)
Hero (SB) ($915.05)
BB ($690.80)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A
4 folds, Hero raises to $17, BB calls $12

Flop: ($34) 8, 5, 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $26, BB calls $26

Turn: ($86) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $64, BB calls $64

River: ($214) A [color=#009B00](2 players) Hero ...


Hand 2 : Villain is relatively unknown, I had a few hundred hands on him at 16/10/3.5 but i don't remember anything that stood out.

No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($198.20)
Hero (Button) ($211.50)
SB ($255.75)
BB ($70.55)
UTG ($224.95)
MP ($206)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2, 2
UTG raises $8, 2 folds, Hero calls $8, 1 fold, BB calls $6

Flop: ($25) 3, A, 5 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $16, Hero calls $16, 1 fold

Turn: ($57) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $37, UTG calls $37

River: ($131) J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero ...