I don't know whether to like or dislike my play on either of these--I guess I have to dislike the pure check-call. But I wanted to throw them out there, just as part of the discussion:
In the first one, I felt like my opponent was very inclined to make plays, and the turn looked pretty blank to me--of course, he could have made 2 pair...
Well, blast, hand converter seems to be down, so I'm just going to copy the raw data:
POKERSTARS GAME #4272443315: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/03/13 - 05:04:14 (ET)
Table 'Kleopatra V' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: junebug2003 ($137.05 in chips)
Seat 2: jp386 ($127.10 in chips)
Seat 3: And!Baller69 ($109.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($212.15 in chips)
Seat 5: andersCleanU ($209.40 in chips)
Seat 6: woftam111 ($36 in chips)
Seat 8: vesap ($96.60 in chips)
Seat 9: Justice4all ($62.85 in chips)
And!Baller69: posts small blind $1
Hero: posts big blind $2
vesap: posts small & big blinds $3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kd Ad As Jd]
andersCleanU: folds
woftam111: calls $2
vesap: checks
Justice4all: folds
junebug2003: calls $2
jp386: calls $2
And!Baller69: calls $1
Hero: raises $13 to $15
woftam111: folds
vesap: folds
junebug2003: folds
jp386: calls $13
And!Baller69: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Tc Js]
Hero: bets $12
jp386: calls $12
*** TURN *** [3h Tc Js]
Hero: checks
jp386: bets $60
Hero: raises $125.15 to $185.15 and is all-in
jp386: calls $40.10 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3h Tc Js 5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Kd Ad As Jd] (three of a kind, Aces)
jp386: mucks hand
Hero collected $260.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $263.20 | Rake $3
Board [3h Tc Js 5s Ac]
Seat 1: junebug2003 folded before Flop
Seat 2: jp386 (button) mucked [7h 9c 7c 5d]
Seat 3: And!Baller69 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Hero (big blind) showed [Kd Ad As Jd] and won ($260.20) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: andersCleanU folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: woftam111 folded before Flop
Noteworthy is that I didn't need the additional A.
Here's one where I got much too cautious:
POKERSTARS GAME #4272305532: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2006/03/13 - 04:18:09 (ET)
Table 'Kleopatra V' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: junebug2003 ($127 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($339.75 in chips)
Seat 3: And!Baller69 ($183.05 in chips)
Seat 4: newplayer06 ($121.75 in chips)
Seat 5: andersCleanU ($263.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Qcity1 ($192.35 in chips)
Seat 8: iron81 ($208.80 in chips)
Seat 9: Justice4all ($58 in chips)
iron81: posts small blind $1
Justice4all: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah Ac 6s 2d]
junebug2003: calls $2
Hero: calls $2
And!Baller69: folds
newplayer06: raises $9 to $11
andersCleanU: folds
Qcity1: folds
iron81: folds
Justice4all: calls $9
junebug2003: folds
Hero: raises $36 to $47
newplayer06: calls $36
Justice4all: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 2c 9h]
Hero: checks
newplayer06: checks
*** TURN *** [4h 2c 9h]
Hero: checks
newplayer06: checks
*** RIVER *** [4h 2c 9h 9c]
indocott joins the table at seat #7
Hero: checks
newplayer06: bets $16
Hero: calls $16
*** SHOW DOWN ***
newplayer06: shows [8d 5d 5c 8s] (a full house, Fives full of Nines)
Hero: mucks hand
newplayer06 collected $137 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $140 | Rake $3
Board [4h 2c 9h 9c 5s]
Seat 1: junebug2003 folded before Flop
Seat 2: Hero mucked [Ah Ac 6s 2d]
Seat 3: And!Baller69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: newplayer06 showed [8d 5d 5c 8s] and won ($137) with a full house, Fives full of Nines
Seat 5: andersCleanU folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Qcity1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: iron81 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Justice4all (big blind) folded before Flop
This hand was actually the reason I switched to making a weak probe bet rather than just checking and hoping.