Quote Originally Posted by dsaxton
On hand one, there's no value at all in the check-raise on the river. He's only going to call you when you're beaten. You should've checked to give him a chance to bluff or bet a weak hand, and then called. This also serves to minimize your losses if you have a losing hand.

On hand two, you also should've check-called on the river. What is the value in going all-in on the river with two pair when there's a four card straight on the board?
In most cases, I agree with you. Given the play of this opponent throughout the session leading up to this, I disagree. He'd have called my all-in holding top two pair on hand one without a second thought. Hand two, the value is in the cards he plays. I was very confident he didn't have the Q, though I was shocked that he held an A with such a low kicker. I was suspecting something more like Kx, though only part of me expected he'd hit the flop that well.