Some 10 nl hands: too weak?

[Flups]

Ok, let me explain:

To clear a bonus, I'm playing at Poker Time (Prima) at 10 nl and 20 nl. I was used playing at PS. I had to get used of the other playing style here, which is basically very loose passive pre-flop and post-flop. My strategy to handle this is play tight/passive pre-flop (not passive with the big monsters) and tight/agressive post-flop. Or: see some flops with decent hands, and let others make the mistakes when the flop hits me good or get out when when it doesn't. I'm doing ok so far, but encountered some situations where I think I'm just, well... patheticly weak. Where I have a decent hand, but get out of the way of bigger than normal action anyways.

So, here are some examples of those situations. Too weak?


Hand 1: Opp. has shown decent hands in big pots (i.e. sets, flushes, top 2 etc) but has a tendency to overplay decent hands. In this hand, what could I be ahead of?

** Game ID 1274571830 starting - 2007-03-20 21:27:10
** Buslingthorpe [Hold 'em] (0.05|0.10 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- redcards111 sitting in seat 1 with $1.45
- gruia7 sitting in seat 2 with $14.05
- wirelive sitting in seat 3 with $8.25
- xThumprodx sitting in seat 4 with $21.97
- Marticha sitting in seat 5 with $12.85
- Flups sitting in seat 6 with $35.93
- owies80 sitting in seat 7 with $12.99
- GirlPower006 sitting in seat 8 with $9.89 [Dealer]
- TatFwat sitting in seat 9 with $9.85
- Wytas1975 sitting in seat 10 with $11.70

TatFwat posted the small blind - $0.05
Wytas1975 posted the big blind - $0.10
** Dealing card to Flups: King of Clubs, Jack of Clubs
redcards111 raised - $0.20
gruia7 called - $0.20
wirelive folded
xThumprodx folded
Marticha called - $0.20
Flups called - $0.20
owies80 folded
GirlPower006 folded
TatFwat folded
Wytas1975 folded

** Dealing the flop: 9 of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts
redcards111 bet - $0.10
gruia7 folded
Marticha called - $0.10
Flups raised - $0.40
redcards111 called - $0.40
Marticha called - $0.40

** Dealing the turn: Queen of Clubs
redcards111 checked
Marticha checked
Flups bet - $1.00
redcards111 folded
Marticha raised - $4.00
Flups folded
Marticha mucks:
Marticha wins $6.90 from the main pot

End of game 1274571830


Hand 2: Same opp. Should I call here and evaluate the turn? The flop bet was meant to look like a c-bet with something like AK, but the big reraise was not what I had in mind, lol. Opp. seems to be willing to go all the way here. How often am I ahead?

** Game ID 1274752983 starting - 2007-03-20 22:37:42
** Epimachus [Hold 'em] (0.05|0.10 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- maron55 sitting in seat 1 with $9.52
- stennn sitting in seat 2 with $6.20
- Flups sitting in seat 3 with $31.64
- Marticha sitting in seat 4 with $19.29
- owies80 sitting in seat 5 with $3.05
- swanseafan sitting in seat 6 with $20.00
- Wytas1975 sitting in seat 7 with $10.98
- mulbros sitting in seat 8 with $8.00
- poker-fun sitting in seat 9 with $9.80 [Dealer]
- Sh17Fac3 sitting in seat 10 with $9.91

Sh17Fac3 posted the small blind - $0.05
maron55 posted the big blind - $0.10
** Dealing card to Flups: King of Clubs, King of Spades
stennn called - $0.10
Flups raised - $0.40
Marticha called - $0.40
owies80 folded
swanseafan folded
Wytas1975 folded
mulbros folded
poker-fun folded
Sh17Fac3 folded
maron55 folded
stennn folded

** Dealing the flop: 6 of Diamonds, 9 of Diamonds, 5 of Hearts
Flups bet - $0.60
Marticha raised - $2.85
Flups folded
Marticha mucks:
Marticha wins $4.35 from the main pot

End of game 1274752983


Hand 3: Should I bet the river here with third flush card coming up? Turn bet too small?


** Game ID 1274248427 starting - 2007-03-20 19:11:01
** Buslingthorpe [Hold 'em] (0.05|0.10 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Marticha sitting in seat 1 with $12.95
- gladik sitting in seat 2 with $4.13
- Detective66 sitting in seat 3 with $3.75
- iancurtis1 sitting in seat 4 with $9.15
- scorpion-de sitting in seat 5 with $10.68 [Dealer]
- Flups sitting in seat 6 with $9.85
- maron55 sitting in seat 7 with $13.95
- Basicbyte sitting in seat 8 with $21.26
- udumon sitting in seat 9 with $6.64
- palsam5 sitting in seat 10 with $5.95

Flups posted the small blind - $0.05
maron55 posted the big blind - $0.10
** Dealing card to Flups: Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts
Basicbyte folded
udumon folded
palsam5 folded
Marticha folded
gladik folded
Detective66 folded
iancurtis1 raised - $0.20
scorpion-de folded
Flups called - $0.20
maron55 folded

** Dealing the flop: 9 of Spades, 3 of Spades, Jack of Diamonds
Flups bet - $0.30
iancurtis1 called - $0.30

** Dealing the turn: 7 of Spades
Flups bet - $0.40
iancurtis1 called - $0.40

** Dealing the river: Queen of Spades
Flups checked
iancurtis1 checked
Flups shows: Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts
iancurtis1 mucks:
Flups wins $1.80 from the main pot

End of game 1274248427


That's it for now. Any input would be apreciated, also about the type of hands I picked to post.

[jayknabl]

Hand 1: I'm always driving preflop with KJs, ESPECIALLY after someone throws a min-bet my way. Too marginal a hand to not show strength immediately. You're the big stack at this table, it's not like an all-in or nothing decision here- bet! On the turn you have a set of jacks with an overcard and a flush draw to the river... I don't get the fold, personally.

Hand 2: In early position with KK i'll throw another BB or two onto my preflop raise, add some oompfh to the bet. I don't like messing around with this hand. Villian's flop bet looks like a donk move to me- personally, I'd call here but I do have a gambling streak in my veins.

Hand 3: Everyone folded to villian and he min. raised- at 10NL i take this as weakness and reraise. Even though you're in a shitty position, JQo is far from a great hand, with only one person left in the pot you might as well make it worth playing.

For me the main problem with this hand is your flop betting. Weak considering you have top pair with a high kicker, and there's a flush draw other than yours out there. You want to cut any draws off in this position by cutting off their odds. I'd overbet the pot here and protect my hand.