$2 NLHE Full Ring: Another two hands to check

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1st)

BTN: $10.36 (518 bb)
SB: $3.89 (194.5 bb)
BB: $1 (50 bb)
UTG+1: $1.27 (63.5 bb)
UTG+2: $2 (100 bb)
MP1: $0.82 (41 bb)
MP2: $2 (100 bb)
Hero (MP3): $2 (100 bb)
CO: $2 (100 bb)

-Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Qh Ah

UTG+1 calls $0.02, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.06

-Flop: ($0.19) 5h 3c 3s (2 players)

UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.10, UTG+1 calls $0.10

-Turn: ($0.39) 6h (2 players)

UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

-River: ($0.39) 9h (2 players)

UTG+1 bets $0.38, Hero ???

WtF here ?

2nd)

BTN: $2.34 (117 bb)
Hero (SB): $2.08 (104 bb)
BB: $1.07 (53.5 bb)
UTG+1: $0.62 (31 bb)
UTG+2: $2.08 (104 bb)
MP1: $1.44 (72 bb)
MP2: $4.31 (215.5 bb)
MP3: $2.54 (127 bb)
CO: $3.16 (158 bb)

-Preflop: Hero is SB with Qd Qs

5 folds, CO raises to $0.06, BTN calls $0.06, Hero calls $0.05, BB folds

-Flop: ($0.20) 7d Jd Qc (3 players)

Hero
bets $0.13, CO folds, BTN calls $0.13

-Turn: ($0.46) 2d (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets $0.35, Hero raises to $0.88, BTN calls $0.53

-River: ($2.22) 4h (2 players)

Hero ??

WtF again here?
 
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First hand is fine, now raise the river. You could also check back this flop, since it misses your range and you have some showdown value.

In the 2nd hand, 3-bet preflop.
 
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On the first hand, my concern was the turn and if I had to fire another bet. I thought he wouldn't pay me without a made hand so I decided to just check and see the river. Then comes a blank river for him and he leads with a bet out of nowhere....

On the second hand, to by honest I find myself to make the call and not raise quite a few times with second-tier pairs like QQ,JJ,10-10. If I wasn't OOP maybe I would have fired the 3-bet. Again on this hand my concern is the bet. He leads with the third diamond and I raise him. I'm struggling with these situations. I don't know at all if I am ahead or I get freerolled....

Do I need to add JJ and 10-10 to my 3bet value range pre ? If there is a raise and a call ?
 
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You need to balance out your 3 betting range both ip & Oop.
If you are only 3 betting aces & kings from the blinds you'd be super easy to play against.
You are struggling post flop cause you are overestimating your hand value (not here)& it's hard to play Oop. 3 bet pre & add more equity to your hand by folding out possible marginals & low pockets.
Once again balance out your ranges by adding suited connectors & etc to your 3 betting ranges.
Also playing multiway something like jack's, queen's Oop makes very little sense to me
On River it's a bet fold for a shove Imo
But perhaps the price is really good to call a shove
 
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You need to balance out your 3 betting range both ip & Oop.
If you are only 3 betting aces & kings from the blinds you'd be super easy to play against.
You are struggling post flop cause you are overestimating your hand value (not here)& it's hard to play Oop. 3 bet pre & add more equity to your hand by folding out possible marginals & low pockets.
Once again balance out your ranges by adding suited connectors & etc to your 3 betting ranges.
Also playing multiway something like jack's, queen's Oop makes very little sense to me
On River it's a bet fold for a shove Imo
But perhaps the price is really good to call a shove

Good advice Alucard. I'm still working the 3bet ranges pre. It also takes a lot of practice to see what works, what doesn't work, mistakes,etc

My struggle is that 3bet QQ, or 10-10, or even 99.....? quite a few times I will find myself on A-high or K-high flops. I don't know if these hands are "set-mining hands" or are "value hands" as single pairs in and of themselves.

BtW in the first hand I called and villain showed pocket 66's for the full house. In the second hand, I checked, villain bets, I called and villain showed the nut flush.
 
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