Hand1:

Stacks:
CO ($122.18)
BTN ($1576.25)
SB ($837.11)
Hero ($842.25)

Pre-flop: ($9, 4 players) Hero is BB [Ks]
1 fold, BTN raises to $24, 1 fold, Hero raises to $82, BTN calls $58

Flop: [9c][8h] ($167, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $60, Hero raises to $180, BTN calls $120

Turn: ($527, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($527, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in $580.25
Villain in this hand is fish so do you think river shove is a better line to get paid off or betting like 225? I have no reads so I have no idea if he is calling here even 225 or a shove. Both bets look strong since if he has like JJ or QQ on river he must think he is beat. Did i lose value here(besides getting lucky on river
I do agree that my line of flop is retarded. I just thought that this way he might fold smaller pp's that would flat call my flop bet but I don't think that is the right way to go about it.

Hand2:

Stacks:
UTG ($570.00)
UTG+1 ($192.30)
CO ($998.85)
Hero ($803.27)
SB ($620.10)
BB ($718.90)

Pre-flop: ($9, 6 players) Hero is BTN [Ts]
3 folds, Hero raises to $21, SB calls $18, 1 fold

Flop: [5c][4h] ($48, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($48, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $35, SB raises to $90, Hero calls $55.
Villain is loose and fishy, with tendency to bluff. Should I raise here or just flat call and possibly raise/bet river? I kinda fear that there are not many hands that call my raise that I am ahead of.
The reason why I checked flop was the fact that he would either CR me a lot on flop or lmake a move on turn. And if i get CR on flop im practically playing for stacks with medium strength hand at best.

Hand #1

Bet flop. About $120. You have to rep an overpair here checking just says "take this away from me". You are lucky that he made a small bet and showed weakness. was ur plan to C/R or was it after you saw such a weak bet? If he made it $140 wwyd?

Hand #2

First, bet the flop, about $40. There are draws out there and you need to protect your hand. Since he has a tendancy to bluff I like the call and let him bet into me on the river and that way I get some more $$$ out of him. If he was not so bluffy I may make it $250 -$275 on turn. As I REALLY like my hand against.

However, since you did not bet fliop you really dont know where you are. He could have: 44,55, but most liklley has KQ,KJ,AK (maybe) or a A5d,A4d something like that.

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