[.05/.1] Flopped Wheel and A/K: Two hands to ponder

Lemlywinks

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Okay, decided to 2-table some .05/.1 and really work on fixing my leaks. I played pretty TAG poker during this session, ~21% of hands played, but I was c-betting and raising w/ position so I wasn't being a total nit :)

Hand 1
pokerstars Game #22841833226: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/12/12 2:30:50 ET
Table 'Rostia' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: terminator2k ($5.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Anthropod80 ($1.90 in chips)
Seat 3: lemlywinks ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Dlwilkin85 ($16.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Lateralus66 ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 6: epod808 ($15.95 in chips)
Seat 7: LoggerRythym ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 8: macs83ak ($12.05 in chips)
Seat 9: Vita MD ($14.85 in chips)
Dlwilkin85: posts small blind $0.05
Lateralus66: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to lemlywinks [4h As]
epod808: folds
LoggerRythym: folds
macs83ak: folds
Vita MD: calls $0.10
terminator2k: folds
Anthropod80 has timed out
Anthropod80: folds
Anthropod80 is sitting out
Anthropod80 has returned
lemlywinks: calls $0.10
Dlwilkin85: folds
Lateralus66: checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 5d 2s]
Lateralus66: checks
Vita MD: bets $0.60
lemlywinks: raises $0.80 to $1.40
Lateralus66: folds
Vita MD: calls $0.80
*** TURN *** [3c 5d 2s] [Ks]
Vita MD: bets $0.50
lemlywinks: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [3c 5d 2s Ks] [3h]
Vita MD: bets $0.80
lemlywinks: ???

Okay my main read on the opponent is that he only gets involved with decent hands at least preflop. mid-PP's or A/10 or better, but more likely a PP from Early position.
I knew after his call of my raise pre-flop he had at least something. Turn isn't so great, I lose value from just calling. River is awful in my mind. He hasn't been firing too many bets into pots, but I am more of a TAG player. My first instinct is 22/55.

Is the river just a passive call/clutch mouse and hope he didn't get his FH?

PokerStars Game #22842452539: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/12/12 3:30:02 ET
Table 'Nuwa III' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Skuggo ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Triplerat ($7.20 in chips)
Seat 3: realkeiko ($4 in chips)
Seat 4: Amoroso1980 ($9.60 in chips)
Seat 5: lemlywinks ($11.55 in chips)
Seat 8: txsurfer42 ($8.75 in chips)
Seat 9: comein888 ($8.75 in chips)
Skuggo: posts small blind $0.05
Triplerat: posts big blind $0.10
Anthropod80: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to lemlywinks [Ac Kd]
realkeiko: raises $0.30 to $0.40
Amoroso1980: folds
amonsul18 joins the table at seat #6
lemlywinks: raises $0.60 to $1
txsurfer42: folds
comein888: folds
Skuggo: folds
realkeiko said, "Triplerat is such a cool name, by the way. As if," Ratatouille" has gone Actionhero..."
Triplerat: folds
realkeiko: calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [As 8d Jc]
realkeiko: bets $1.80
lemlywinks: ???

This was another interesting hand for me, decent villain playing somewhat short. After my re-raise gets called I'm putting him on a PP from maybe 99-QQ. I get my A and he bets a little more than half his chip stack? Can I fold and be happy with it?/or should I jam it all in on the flop?
 
BelgoSuisse

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One hand per thread, please. Also, use a hand converter.

First hand, I hate overlimping preflop. You're on the button, raise. Raise more on flop, raise turn, be all-in on the river already

Second hand, 3bet like a man preflop. A pot sized bet here is $1.35. Given stack sizes, raise-shove flop. Stack to pot ratio is so low that it would be a sin to fold TPTK here. If you got set-mined, blame your bet sizing preflop, not your postflop play.
 
Richyl2008

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Hand 1- Against a tight villain, him limping here is almost always going to be a pocket pair, so I'm basically raising any 2 on the button here, basically just looking to take it down on the flop when he misses his set.
Raise more on the flop, bet more on the turn. As played I like a small value raise on the river,(since this looks a lot like a blocking bet)
Hand 2- I have no problems getting it in here. The pot is $2, villain only has $3 left and we have tptk.
 
ChuckTs

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1) don't limp pf. As Richyl said, raise to isolate or fold.

How is the turn 'not good' for you? It's changed nothing...it might make your opponent less inclined to call you with a marginal hand or something, but he's donked into you already...

Raise the flop more, raise the turn, and ship it in by the river.

2) what they said above
 
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