$11 - A couple of hands

[kevster]

Hand 1: Fire again or check?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 10+1 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (8 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t1190)
SB (t1915)
BB (t1360)
UTG (t1355)
UTG+1 (t1490)
Hero (MP1) (t2030)
MP2 (t2540)
CO (t1620)

Hero's M: 27.07

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 8, 8
2 folds, Hero raises to t150, 1 fold, CO calls t150, 3 folds

Flop: (t375) 3, J, J (2 players)

Hero bets t200, CO calls t200

Turn: (t775) 7 (2 players)
Hero ??

Hand 2: - How bad is this?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 10+1 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t860)
MP (t1425)
CO (t1990)
Button (t1020)
SB (t7125)
Hero (BB) (t1080)

Hero's M: 7.20

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 4
4 folds, SB calls t50, Hero checks

Flop: (t200) 2, 3, 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t980 (All-In), SB calls t980

[taipan168]

Hand 1 (88) - once your c-bet is called, personally I shut down and try to check this one down.

Hand 2 (J4s) - meh it isn't completely terrible, but why not just take the free card since you have position?

[Roco415]

i think u use blocking bets in 1st hand, like 200 or so, im not so sure he would see throughit...

[kevster]

Hand 1 (88) - once your c-bet is called, personally I shut down and try to check this one down.

Yeah, this is how I always play it too. For some reason, I fired again. I'd been c-betting a few times and was thinking that maybe he was calling with Ax too see if I'd go weak. Don't think this is necessarily reason enough to alter my line though.

Hand 2 (J4s) - meh it isn't completely terrible, but why not just take the free card since you have position?

I figured I might get an Ace to fold. I couldn't