2 hands - 1 stars $16 and 1 $6.5

[jimmy44]

Guys,

Could I have your comments on these hands?

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 18.87
PokerStars Game #7139418191: Tournament #36489175, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/11/23 - 05:49:26 (ET)
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Table '36489175 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: grauela (1345 in chips)
Seat 2: Blizzy23 (2180 in chips)
Seat 5: yellowsnow22 (2290 in chips)
Seat 6: djclearcoat (2335 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (2830 in chips)
Seat 8: liesmith (1390 in chips)
Seat 9: DNR0708 (1130 in chips)
yellowsnow22: posts small blind 50
djclearcoat: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ks Kc]
Hero: raises 200 to 300
liesmith: folds
DNR0708: folds
grauela: folds
Blizzy23: folds
yellowsnow22: folds
djclearcoat: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [7h 9d 6c]
djclearcoat: checks
Hero: bets 400
djclearcoat: calls 400
*** TURN *** [7h 9d 6c] [As]
djclearcoat: checks
Hero: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h 9d 6c As] [3d]
djclearcoat: checks
Hero: ????

This is a Stars $6.5 Turbo SNG. What do you do here ? Do you bet on the river? villain could easily be trapping with an Ace? The Ace there really scared me.



-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 24.07
PokerStars Game #7143362388: Tournament #36511171, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/11/23 - 14:38:31 (ET)
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Table '36511171 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: thainy (1860 in chips)
Seat 2: PXJZhy (1750 in chips)
Seat 3: Oxota (1590 in chips)
Seat 4: alexkidtos (2200 in chips)
Seat 6: runyatl (1920 in chips)
Seat 7: jasnt (920 in chips)
Seat 8: hurricanes28 (1455 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (1805 in chips)
Oxota: posts small blind 25
alexkidtos: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ts Th]
runyatl: folds
jasnt: calls 50
hurricanes28: folds
Hero: raises 150 to 200
thainy: folds
PXJZhy: calls 200
Oxota: folds
alexkidtos: folds
jasnt: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd 2c 9c]
Hero: checks
PXJZhy: checks
*** TURN *** [Kd 2c 9c] [6h]
Hero: bets 300
PXJZhy: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [Kd 2c 9c 6h] [2d]
Hero: checks
PXJZhy: bets 1250 and is all-in
alexkidtos is disconnected
Hero: ????

What do you do here? Villain called directly pre-flop. My experience is that calling directly is more often a bluff then a monster. However, I didn't c-bet on the flop as I wanted to see what he would do (On a previous hand I had c-bet without hittingmy hand on the flop, that hand went to a showdown and everyone saw that) and try to trap him.
However, after he called the turn bet I could not put him on anything that did not beat me, except for a bluff.


Thanks!

[ShowMeAtlas]

Firstly, for the love of God, please use a converter.

Hand 1. Bet about 400
Hand 2: Bet flop, or turn, just bet ffs. As played I don't know what to make of the hand.

[Da GOAT]

bet river on hand 1. only idiots will check river with an Ace.

hand 2- bet flop. if checked flop then bet turn. fold river as played

[taipan168]

Hand 1 - I agree with Goat and Atlas, 1/4 pot on the river. If opp has an ace he likely won't check the river.

Hand 2 - I would have just limped behind preflop rather than raising. Otherwise I agree with the others, once you raise preflop you have to bet the flop.

[Da GOAT]

Hand 2 - I would have just limped behind preflop rather than raising.

at 25/50 lvl i will raise this PF but meh

[jimmy44]

Firstly, for the love of God, please use a converter.

I'll use it next time!

Thanks for the comments!

Hand 1 - Yeah, I see I should have bet the river ...
Hand 2 - I actually folded as you guys advice. I normally just limp that pre-flop at the 25/50 level, but I don't know what got into me ... I've been playing too much of Ring lately