did i play these hands badly,,help

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johnny2shoes

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ok let me first apoligise for my bad commy skills,, i was playing on stars the big 4.40 and was only 10 mins in and i got into 3 hands with the same villan, what id observed of him was that he was going for everything and had been fairly lucky so for and had a stack of 6,800 from starting at 3000.so first hand=my stack=3010, ep2 call 30, sb call 15, me in bb check with Ks 9h, flop=8s9s4h, sb check, me=pot bet of 90 ep2 call sb fold. turn 5h, me= pot bet 270 ep2=call.pot now at 810, river=7d, me half pot bet of 405, my thinking there did not want to show weekness to a missed draw, ep2 only calls. showdown=villan shows 3c 6s wins pot of 1620,.runner,runner. 4 hands latter iget in with same villan, his stack=4500 me=2400. im in mid position with Ad Qs. villan=cut off -1.. i bet pot of 90, villan calls, the rest fold, flop=5d 4d Ac. pot is 225, i bet half pot 112, villan call, turn= 10h, i bet half again 224 villan calls, pot now=897 river 3h, i slow down and check villan bets 1080 i call, villan shows 2s 7s has run A-5 riverd his 3 which i knew was a poss but getting tilty by then, the last hand he took the rest of my chips when he put me allinn he had 4,4 i had A,Ks, i watched him after and he was busted as well 4 hands later, your thoughts please, :confused:
 
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First off i'll start by saying that your opponent probably made more mistakes than you did however in the first hand i think you created to big of a pot with a sole pair, you should be betting big against these calling station 'donks' correct, however with a lone pair it doesn't make much sense to bet pot especially on the turn where the 5 completes a straight, i think you should of slowed down and looked for a cheap showdown where if you avoid a deuce or a seven you'll take that pot down, to summarise i don't believe your hand was strong enough to be firing huge bets at villain. The second hand you seem to play the opposite of the first hand, having played a hand with villain before you should of definitely been aware that he will call you down with just about any pair or any draw despite getting terrible odds, however in this hand you seem to lead out with half pot bets on such a draw heavy board, you want to play this hand very fast to avoid getting drawn out by villain, so you should be betting big on the flop and on the turn, hey if you put him all in on the turn and he calls you with 7 2 and he completes his straight you can be happy that you got it in as a 90% favourite, the way to play against these type of players is to maximise value while you are sure you're still ahead betting half pot is good against your average player but against players who don't have a fold button you are probably going to have to bet big just to get them to fold.
 
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Poker is a cruel game sometimes its in your favor others its not! The first hand you gotta think what is he calling with here especially after the turn. Top pair second best kicker not so great giving he could have you outkicked, a set, or two pair. I would have been more cautious but i think you played it ok, you just got unlucky against a fish. Second hand is a similar situation. Top pair second kicker. Again you have to think what he is calling with here. He could have ak, a set or two pair here again. The third hand.... When it rains it poured a classic race and you lost looks like you didnt do a whole lot wrong just happened to run bad this night.
 
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