am i too aggressive? passive? just right?

[akishore 0]

Hand 1:0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10-handed)Pre-flop: akishore is Button with J J .1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, akishore raises, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.Flop: A J 2 (5 players, 10.5 SB)BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, CO bets, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, CO calls.Turn: A (3 players, 8 BB)BB checks, CO checks, akishore bets, akishore calls.correct to three-bet? or should i slow down once BB checkraises me when the ace pairs? i think it's right to three-bet, but is it too aggressive?River: Q (2 players, 16 BB)BB bets.should i be capping here? or should i actually just call the river bet? or was this correct? (i.e. too aggressive for me to raise, or too passive for me not to cap, or just right?)Hand 2:0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10-handed)Pre-flop: akishore is BB with A K .UTG calls, 2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, 2 folds, akishore raises, UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.too aggressive for me to cap when i get limp-three-bet bu UTG? i know some people say not to cap with AK, but this was AKs and there were just so many people in the pot... how can i ignore such a huge equity edge? :-) Flop: Q J 5 (6 players, 24.5 SB)akishore bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.Turn: 10 (6 players, 15 BB)akishore bets, UTG calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.River: 10 (4 players, 27 BB)akishore bets.was this too passive of me to just call here? UTG's betting patterns were just so strange. should i be three-betting here? i wasn't a big fan of the board pairing...thanks,aseem

[wrto4556 0]

nice hands.

[Wily 0]

Hand 1 is played perfectly except for calling the river. Cap it and add $.50 to your stack (so you can win more on Baker 5)! Flop: A J 2 (5 players, 10.5 SB)BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 checks, CO bets, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, MP2 folds, CO calls.Turn: A (3 players, 8 BB)BB checks, CO checks, akishore bets, akishore calls.I am almost positive he slowplayed the nut flush. The other possibility is that he had a big ace on the flop. If he had aces full here (with A2 most likely, since AJ would be unlikely), why wouldn't he raise the flop to protect his hand? Wired aces would've reraisd you preflop, so we can rule that out. Only reason he'd smoothcall that flop and raise the turn is because he has Kx of spades (if he's a rational player, at least). On this turn, he has either a nut flush as I think is most likely (he's thinking you just have trip aces), or AQ/AK with trip aces. River: Q (2 players, 16 BB)BB bets.should i be capping here? or should i actually just call the river bet? or was this correct? (i.e. too aggressive for me to raise, or too passive for me not to cap, or just right?)I think you should cap here because the times you win the extra $.5 are much more than the times you lose it. It is possible his AQ hit here, but it's more likely that he had a big ace OR nut flush on the turn and thought you could not have improved here. You are most likely up against one of those two hands, or possibly 2 2, which would play it the same way as you ..Pre-flop: akishore is BB with A K .UTG calls, 2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, 2 folds, akishore raises, UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.Capping here is fine according to Skalansky et al., and it's fine with me Flop: Q J 5 (6 players, 24.5 SB)akishore bets, UTG calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.Turn: 10 (6 players, 15 BB)akishore bets, UTG calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.River: 10 (4 players, 27 BB)akishore bets.was this too passive of me to just call here? UTG's betting patterns were just so strange. should i be three-betting here? i wasn't a big fan of the board pairing...I would've bet/called or even check/called this river if you have a good read on UTG as tight with his PF raises. He did cap preflop, so I'm thinking he has a premium pair, QQ or JJ most likely based on his actions. He was probably using the same play you often use - raising the turn for maximum value with a set of queens or jacks. Unfortunately for him, the turn gave three to a straight, so he slowed down. On the river, he filled up most likely, and is raising you - what other hands would possibly warrant slowing down on the turn but raising the river?On the other hand, if he is loose preflop and would cap with KQ or something, then go right ahead and three-bet the river. [/b]

[Absolute 0]

I think you played them both correctly.In hand #2 UTG waking up on the 10 on the turn means when another 10 falls on the river just calling his 3-bet is correct.

[akishore 0]

strong advice, yang (wily).results:hand 1, i won the hand against Kx of spades. i'm still not sure if i can reasonably assume he doesn't have A2/AJ/AQ, because wouldn't those hands still just cold-call two bets on the flop? or maybe they would lead out... overall, i think i should have capped the river anyway because i'm going to win this hand more often than i lose it.hand 2, i also won against a badly played AA. i think i played it correctly, though, because his actions almost did scream QQ/JJ.thanks for the help,aseem