got into 2 tough spots.

[benny999]

I can see why we want to get the money in on the first hand now on the river. But there are a ton of bad river cards, and there are some hands he would check on a scary river that beat us. Would you shove a 3rd spade river if villain checked to you instead of bet?

hmm, didnt even think of that. id still check a spade river since a boat prob goes for c/r and if he called with 8xs preflop then nh.

As for whether or not to bet barrel A-A on the turn in hand 2, i think given that the flop has both an OESD/FD possible we need to bet again for value/charge draws.

Even if the board were really dry, i would fire 3 streets since it's the best line for a bluff on the same board.

i was actually asking if firing again with QJ was good, not considering metagame or whatnot.
with AA i definitely agree, but still wonder about folding the river since his line seemed weird to me.

also, another reason i checked the flop in #1 was i was playing pretty spewy aggro and felt villain would c/r it, but didnt want to call that on the flop.