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In the first hand, I faced a min-4-bet from OOP, then a strange tiny C-bet. I discussed this hand with friends, and the opinions seem to divide along folding or making a small feeler/information raise...

50/2/2 over 58
Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
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MP: $26.84
CO: $34.33
BTN: $46.39
SB: $5
Hero (BB): $25.70
UTG: $23.96
Pre-Flop: Q K dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, SB folds, Hero raises to $3.50, CO folds, BTN raises to $6.25, Hero calls $2.75

Flop: ($13.35) Q A 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.50,
Hero?
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I was ready to fold to any normal-sized C-bet, maybe even a bet as small as $6, but the $3.50 bet meant 1 of 2 things to me - either he flopped huge, and wanted to milk it for whatever value he could (AA/QQ/AQ), or he flopped bad, and was making a weak probe bet (99-JJ/KK). There's a chance that he has AK/AJ/AT here, but I see those hands making a bigger C-bet. But who's to say what a donkey is thinking here?

As for those who would advocate a small raise, I don't really like this, since, unless we want to turn our hand into a bluff to shake off KK or a weak A, we would only be folding out weaker hands that are drawing slim, or building up a pot against hands that have us crushed.
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Hero calls $3.50
Turn: ($20.35) Q (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $6.25, Hero raises to $15.95 and is All-In, BTN calls $9.70

It gets much less interesting on the turn here, since I pull ahead of KK/AK/AJ here and am now obviously getting my stack in. It isn't much for the villain to call, so I shove my last $10 in.

River: ($52.25) A (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $52.25 Pot ($2.61 Rake)
BTN showed J J (two pair, Aces and Queens) and LOST (-$25.70 NET)
Hero showed Q K (a full house, Queens full of Aces) and WON $49.64 (+$23.94 NET)

Villain couldn't have played this worse. A decent sized 4-bet shakes me PF, and a decent-sized C-bet shakes me on the flop. I got to see the lovely turn for almost as cheap as possible.

The Omaha was less interesting than I initially thought it might be. Pretty much everyone agreed on the necessary action....

Bodog Poker, $0.10/$0.25 PLO cash game, 6 Players
BTN: $21.50
Hero (SB): $28.58
BB: $17.15
UTG: $22.79
MP: $26.80
CO: $40.27

Pre-Flop: Hero dealt As Qc 5s 5d
UTG calls $0.25, MP raises to $0.65, CO folds, BTN calls $0.65, Hero calls $0.55, BB folds, UTG calls $0.40

Flop ($2.85): 6c 9c 5h
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $0.85, BTN raises to $5.40,
Hero?
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Hero folds, MP folds.

I think this fold is made easy by my position and the fact that I have put nothing into the pot. If I call, I become pot-committed if the board pairs, and that might not be the best outcome here.

I think it becomes a little bit different if I am in position, since I can see CO's action on later streets, and possibly bluff if a 3rd club falls. But being OOP here is retched.