A few interesting hands - your play?

[aislephive]

Just lost about half of a buyin over 500 boring hands, but what do you guys think of the way I played these hands?

Hand 1: This guy had been min-raising preflop a lot, and I repopped him here with AQs in position and a shortstacked cold-called as did the min-raiser. Everything is standard in this hand right?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $37.25
Hero: $34.60
Button: $23.94
SB: $8.25
BB: $24.85

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Q A
UTG raises to $0.5, Hero raises to $2.5, Button folds, SB calls $2.4, BB folds, UTG calls $2.

Flop: T 8 A ($7.75, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $4, SB raises all-in $5.75, UTG folds, Hero calls $1.75.

Turn: 3 ($19.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $19.25)


River: J ($19.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $19.25)


Results:
Final pot: $19.25
Hero shows Qh Ah
SB shows Tc Ac

Hand 2: This was a tough hand, but I think I made the correct laydown here. Should I always lead this turn here?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $34.55
CO: $29.09
Button: $20.65
SB: $23.80
BB: $24.20

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with T T
Hero raises to $1, CO calls $1, 3 folds.

Flop: J 3 J ($2.35, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.25, CO calls $1.25.

Turn: 5 ($4.85, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, CO raises to $4, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $2 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $8.85

Hand 3: This guy had been calling me down on every c-bet, I wasn't sure what to do but I didn't think he was very strong so I made a play on him, something I don't normally do. Thoughts?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $25.90
Hero: $29.20
Button: $31.79
SB: $19.40
BB: $24.75

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with 3 3
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1, Button calls $1, 2 folds.

Flop: 7 9 6 ($2.35, 2 players)
Hero bets $2, Button calls $2.

Turn: 7 ($6.35, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3, Hero raises to $12, Button folds.
Uncalled bets: $9 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $12.35

Hand 4: These situations come up a million times over, but I never know what to do. I flop top pair weak kicker in the blinds, and I lead out and get called. Should I just check-fold this on the turn? It always ends up at the showdown and my kicker isn't any good.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $27.20
UTG+1: $20.35
CO: $12.30
Button: $28.45
SB: $17.78
Hero: $30.10

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with 7 Q
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks.

Flop: Q T 4 ($0.75, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.5, UTG+1 calls $0.5, SB folds.

Turn: 4 ($1.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.75, UTG+1 calls $0.75.

River: 8 ($3.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $1, UTG+1 calls $1.

Results:
Final pot: $5.25
Hero shows 7d Qd
UTG+1 shows Qh Ah


Thanks.

[zenbitz]

Hand 1, yeah, with short stacks nothing to be done.
Hand 2... kinda weak fold, but he might have the J. Your turn bet was weak (< 1/2 pot), if his raise was bigger I would be more inclined to call. You almost have odds to call and hit your 2 outer.
Hand 3, if he's callling your c-bets, that's a horrible flop to c-bet. As played, nice move (since it worked)
Hand 4 you pretty much lost the least there, thanks to the moron calling station.