Two 50NL hands

[TonyB73]

Hand 1

Villain is 35/13 after about 25 hands, and likes to steal quite a bit in position. I don't really like the turn, but I was getting 2.5:1 on my money, I felt my check behind on the flop looked weak and he had shown an ability to take advantage of weakness, and I thought there was a good chance my A and probably my K were good outs as well as the flush.

On the river I thought he was unlikely to have anything very strong given his line - possibly a missed diamond draw or maybe a weak pair, which I could push him off. Problem is, given my fairly aggro image at this table (27/26 with 5% 3bet) I'm not sure what I'm representing here ... spew?

€0.25/€0.50 No Limit Holdem
5 Players
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Stacks:
UTG (€58.95)
CO (€71.50)
Hero (BTN) (€58.45)
SB (€42)
BB (€10)

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 5 players) Hero is BTN
1 fold, CO raises to €1.50, Hero raises to €6, 2 folds, CO calls €4.50

Flop: (€12.75, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (€12.75, 2 players)
CO bets €8, Hero calls €8

River: (€28.75, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets €22 ...


Hand 2

Villain is 55/0 after 44 hands, and is pretty passive post-flop too. Given that there's a good chance he's slowplayed a pretty good hand here?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($56.60)
Hero (SB) ($60.35)
BB ($21.50)
UTG ($134.35)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, A
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero bets $2.50, BB calls $2, UTG calls $2

Flop: ($7.50) K, 6, Q (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($7.50) A (3 players)
Hero bets $5.50, 1 fold, UTG calls $5.50

River: ($18.50) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $12.50, UTG raises to $25, Hero ???

[griffey24]

Hand 1
-this is pretty bad, you're hand looks EXACTLY like what you have. He's either snap c/c you off here, or you actually have the best hand. Bet serves no purpose really.
-If you wanna turn AK into a bluff to take down the pot, you're better off just tripling, it's more credible at least.

Hand 2
-meh I can't think of anything you beat. Folddd

[speedcake]

why did you check flop in hand 1?

and 2, if villain is as passive post as you say then you are almost always behind here. ez pz fold I think.

[surviva316]

i really don't like hand 1. i personally cbet flop and barrel the 4h turn, but i'm not certain that's best. but i am pretty certain the river bet is bad. you fold out every hand we beat, and he tank/calls w 77.