$2/$5 NL at MGM

#1) Im playing my standard TAG game. Maybe raising a bit less after limpers because once they limp, they are callng any raise.

I open to $20 with [Kd]. 2 callers.
Pot $80. Flop [2s][3s]. I bet $50. A fold and then the other guy raises to $150. Effective stacks $650.

This guy calls every raise and is pretty much a calling station but will come alive when he hits. The problem I dont know if he thinks something like KQ is a big hand here. He played one hand where he limped 88. Flop was 764 with a flush draw. He check / called. Then he check raised the turn (Q) to like $200 and pushed $250 into the river A. He actually got called and won.

Mostly he would do things like call $45 preflop with T9 and then instacall $100 on a QJ4 flop even if the raiser had only anther $150 behind.

#2) 1 limper. I raise to $25 with [Qc]. BB and the limper call.
BB ($300)..Limper and I have about $1500 each.

2 hands ago the BB limped 99 and then called $60 when the raiser had only $200. Flop was AK4 ...Raiser bet $60 and this guy check raised to $150. Raiser mucked his QQ face up and BB showed his 99. He obviously will make moves on people in wrong spots.

The limper got his stack with a huge pot. He had [8h]. Board showed [9c][6h][2d]. Didnt see flop action, but he called $200 all in on the turn after another caller. River was a J and his pair of Js took down a monster pot.

Back to this hand....

Pot $75. Flop [Jc][4d]. BB leads $55, limper folds. My action?

I call hand 1 and try to get to showdown cheaply. I'm likely calling him down though with your read.

I call hand 2 and get it in on the turn.

I hate folding hand 1. Smooth call and probably get it in on the turn. It's a wacky game. Giving him credit for a set here is just too scared. Even if he has to have 22, 33, or KQ, you're ahead. In fact, you have to be entirely too sure he has a set here to make folding the right play.

I hate checking the turn in hand 2 when he's only 300 deep, which I assume you did. You call the flop on a QJx board and then he checks the turn. He puts you on AK way too often cause thats how people play AK when they're donkeys. And everyone always puts you on AK when you raise preflop. Get some money in the pot when he is going to think any Q is good.

Lee