how was my play with these hands

craigcu12

although i had bad luck with that JJ i still managed to do well and finished 10th winning 81.60 with 3 head prizes totaling 81.60
their were a few hands which i want to ask about.
H1did the bet this villian made have pair written on it for sure?

Jeffter	Small blind		600.00	600.00	20880.00
pokervis20	Big blind		1200.00	1800.00	53809.50
	Your hole cards	A 2
craigcu12	Raise		2400.00	4200.00	32755.50
c	Call		2400.00	6600.00	22380.25
MacMonster	Fold
Jeffter	Fold
pokervis20	Call		1200.00	7800.00	52609.50
Flop
		2 8 5
pokervis20	Check
craigcu12	Bet		1200.00	9000.00	31555.50
c	Raise		8850.00	17850.00	13530.25

H2 after what was said about AA yesterday i decided to change when i got it this time how was my play here

pokervis20	Small blind		300.00	300.00	24397.75
pager	Big blind		600.00	900.00	4790.75
	Your hole cards	A A
craigcu12	Raise		1200.00	2100.00	16782.50
deeego_la	Fold
a	Call		1200.00	3300.00	18242.50
Jeffter	Fold
pokervis20	Call		900.00	4200.00	23497.75
pager	Call		600.00	4800.00	4190.75
Flop
		J 6 9
pokervis20	Check
pager	Check
craigcu12	Bet		1800.00	6600.00	14982.50
a	Call		1800.00	8400.00	16442.50
pokervis20	Fold
pager	Fold
Turn
		6
craigcu12	Bet		1800.00	10200.00	13182.50
a	Call		1800.00	12000.00	14642.50
River
		3
craigcu12	Bet		6000.00	18000.00	7182.50
a	Call		6000.00	24000.00	8642.50
craigcu12	Show	A A
a	Muck	8 8
craigcu12	Win	Two Pairs, Aces and 6s	24000.00		31182.50

H3 did the 3x help hide the strength of my hand here

craigcu12	Small blind		50.00	50.00	11607.50
deeego_la	Big blind		100.00	150.00	3150.00
	Your hole cards	K K
katie292	Call		100.00	250.00	15190.00
z	Raise		400.00	650.00	7625.00
DivsDreams	Fold
ray9876	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		1250.00	1900.00	10357.50
deeego_la	Fold
katie292	Fold
z	All-in		7625.00	9525.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		6725.00	16250.00	3632.50
craigcu12	Show	K K
z	Show	J J

x	Small blind		40.00	40.00	4510.00
craigcu12	Big blind		80.00	120.00	7227.50
	Your hole cards	A A
fara	Fold
Loderingo	Fold
larrylad	Fold
paperboy25	Call		80.00	200.00	4815.00
x	Raise		280.00	480.00	4230.00
craigcu12	Raise		1200.00	1680.00	6027.50
paperboy25	Fold
x	All-in		4230.00	5910.00	0.00
craigcu12	Call		3270.00	9180.00	2757.50
x	Show	K K
craigcu12	Show	A A

the one hand i was most unsure of is this one
H5did i play this well or was i taking a big risk on the flop

Loderingo	Small blind		40.00	40.00	8080.00
larrylad	Big blind		80.00	120.00	10757.50
	Your hole cards	A K
paperboy25	Fold
Herbie536	Raise		240.00	360.00	4610.00
craigcu12	Raise		880.00	1240.00	4627.50
fara	Fold
Loderingo	Fold
y	Call		800.00	2040.00	9957.50
x	Call		640.00	2680.00	3970.00
Flop
		7 5 Q
y	Check
x	Check
craigcu12	Bet		1340.00	4020.00	3287.50
y	Fold
x	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		2680.00		5967.50
craigcu12	Return		1340.00	0.00	7307.50

bearlyther

1st hand bet like 4k on flop leaving ourselves open to get raised like this when we min bet.

2nd hand good sizing on flop altho you should bet around 4k on the turn.

3rd hand well played.

4th hand think your sizing is a bit big pre probly make it around 800 to induce a shove  when we make it 1200 were basically telling the other guy were never folding so by making it 800 we can create someone the illusion of fold equity in their mind.

5th hand when 2 people cold call like this considering our size im  not taking a stab at the pot on the flop altho it did work this time!

Slykllist

1st Hand - personally I fold A2 from utg, even if it is suited, if it doesn't come diamonds were just going to get ourselves in a world of pain.

2nd hand - I prefer a much bigger bet on the flop with 2 hearts on the board, I'm betting more like 3,000 here.  I think the turn bet of 1,800 looks so weak, what was your plan if he re-raised repping the flush?  I'd much rather see a bet of 4,400-5,000 here.

3rd Hand - Perfect

4th Hand - I actually like the sizing here 'if' the thinking was that you're looking for the 4-bet shove as by putting around 1/3 of the oppo's stack, he can never call fold so has to jam or fold pre-flop.  Taking this line you are going to fold out alot of hands that you could get value from though so very opponent dependant imo.

5th Hand - I like the 3-bet pre-flop, and it's a really horrible spot on the flop with 2 to act after you as the Q hits some of the range that can be calling you here.  Again very opponent dependant and honestly not sure what I'd do probably 50/50 between c-bet and check tbh.  After your c-bet are you prepared to fold to a raise?

craigcu12

In Response to Re: how was my play with these hands:
. 5th Hand - I like the 3-bet pre-flop, and it's a really horrible spot on the flop with 2 to act after you as the Q hits some of the range that can be calling you here.  Again very opponent dependant and honestly not sure what I'd do probably 50/50 between c-bet and check tbh.  After your c-bet are you prepared to fold to a raise?
Posted by Slykllist

with hand 5 if it was reraised i probably would have folded
TBH at the time my table had lots of loose players so i used the large Cbet as a way to show QQ-AA or AQs also with the no. of folds i was doing it did help signal tightness

craigcu12

btw i forgot about this hand.
here i hit the set but having looked back at it makes me wonder if this board was one of them boards where my set should have been checked on the flop to allow the chance of a high card or flush straight draw.

hamblin10	Small blind		20.00	20.00	8770.00
Loderingo	Big blind		40.00	60.00	3782.50
	Your hole cards	4 4
larrylad	Fold
paperboy25	Call		40.00	100.00	2250.00
Herbie536	Fold
craigcu12	Raise		120.00	220.00	8390.00
hamblin10	Fold
Loderingo	Call		80.00	300.00	3702.50
paperboy25	Call		80.00	380.00	2170.00
Flop
		9 4 5
Loderingo	Check
paperboy25	Check
craigcu12	Bet		190.00	570.00	8200.00
Loderingo	Fold
paperboy25	Fold
craigcu12	Muck
craigcu12	Win		380.00		8580.00
craigcu12	Return		190.00	0.00	8770.00

Slykllist

On a 9 high rainbow flop, there is really very little that scares us.  The only possbible holding that we could be against that is a little scary is 67 which is unlikely.  I think I probably favour a check and hope one of the oppos takes a stab at it.