How To Deal With Agression? 2 tough spots

[AnyTwoWillDo]

Hi guys, I'm a long time lurker at FTR but I just joined, so go easy on me . For future reference if I have a few hands in question, how many should I post in one thread? 1? 2? 3? 5? For now, I'll post 2 in this thread and 3 in another. I was wondering what the best play was for these spots, and I would appreciate any help you guys could give me. All advice is welcome!

I play a few times a week, and I've noticed the 2.25's on FullTilt seem to be getting more aggressive lately, and I'm not sure what the proper adjustments are. Here are a few examples

Hand 1:

The only thing I have on this guy is that he limped with AA UTG and called a lot of all-ins.
Other than that he has played in a few small pots, but nothing went to showdown.


Full Tilt Poker Game #29543645525: $2 + $0.25 On Demand Tournament (229716642), Table 8 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:40:20 ET - 2011/04/01
Seat 1: sir3paul (2,800)
Seat 2: 07peixe07 (3,955)
Seat 3: R_Dizzy1 (3,965)
Seat 4: ivonaldolopes (5,035)
Seat 5: gorilka81 (1,835)
Seat 6: david44h (7,165)
Seat 7: okki7 (770)
Seat 8: Fr 1610 (1,965)
Seat 9: Dycedarg (570)
okki7 posts the small blind of 30
Fr 1610 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to R_Dizzy1 [Jc Ac]
Dycedarg folds
sir3paul folds
07peixe07 folds
R_Dizzy1 raises to 180
ivonaldolopes calls 180
gorilka81 folds
david44h calls 180
okki7 folds
Fr 1610 folds
*** FLOP *** [6d As 5h]
R_Dizzy1 bets 360
ivonaldolopes raises to 720



Hand 2:

Later in the same tournament, but I was moved to the table recently, so no good reads on villain

Full Tilt Poker Game #29543805070: $2 + $0.25 On Demand Tournament (229716642), Table 20 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:46:44 ET - 2011/04/01
Seat 1: bREAL247 (6,300)
Seat 2: moumou99 (3,540)
Seat 3: likitmi (2,320)
Seat 4: butch1942 (1,295)
Seat 5: thor2010m (960)
Seat 6: mikef36 (3,330)
Seat 7: nos31000 (3,170)
Seat 8: R_Dizzy1 (3,425)
Seat 9: mmarkyy (3,455)
likitmi posts the small blind of 40
butch1942 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to R_Dizzy1 [Kd Qs]
thor2010m folds
mikef36 folds
nos31000 folds
R_Dizzy1 raises to 240
mmarkyy calls 240
bREAL247 calls 240
moumou99 folds
likitmi folds
butch1942 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 9c 9d]
R_Dizzy1 bets 400
mmarkyy raises to 800


Thanks in advance for the help, you guys are great!

[drmcboy]

I'd see the turn in both.

I like 1 hand per thread but I know other people prefer this.

[AnyTwoWillDo]

Thx for the reply. What's the plan on the turn for either one if it bricks, I check it to him, and he makes another bet? I'm mainly unsure of how far to take these. Should I be willing to felt them in a vacuum?

[Fielmann]

Depends on the brick and how exactly you perceive his range. These are actually very classic "tough spots". I'd say they get easier with practice, but, to be honest, I have noticed no such thing.

Note, however, that in hand 1
1) there more combinations that you beat (something like {77-KK, Ax} vs {TT-JJ, QJ} (That's very hypothetical, of course. It's hard give an exact range to the min-ranges as these people can be very unpredictable. But you get the idea.))
2) there are less combinations that beat you (something like {55-66, AQ+, A5-A6} vs {QQ+, AQ, 9x})