Hand 1: Do you bet this?

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($101.50)
UTG+1 ($35.95)
CO ($46.75)
Hero ($67.90)
SB ($23.75)
BB ($50.45)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is BTN [Ad]
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.5, CO calls $0.5, Hero raises to $2.75, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $2.25, CO folds

Flop: [Tc][Qc] ($6.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks

Hand 2: Do you bet this? What if you get raised?

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($38.70)
Hero ($66.15)
CO ($56.10)
BTN ($48.15)
SB ($100.25)
BB ($50.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 [As]
UTG calls $0.5, Hero raises to $2.25, 1 fold, BTN calls $2.25, 2 folds, UTG folds

Flop: [Ah][Qc] ($5.75, 2 players)

I could understand a check in Hand 1 because usually that is smashing the range of the guy calling IMO, but Hand 2 is a really standard CB.

If I get raised in Hand 1 I'm mostly folding unless I have some kind of really good read, in Hand 2 I think I like a call and check the turn...I feel I am ahead and he is drawing slim most of the time.

Hand #1 I liked betting this flop as I think he has a pocket pair usually, and you're not getting CRed here all that much so you can take the free card if you're called. This is different from the JT7ss flop because I think he's continuing here much less often and it's not like we have a very solid draw we hate to get CRed out of (also you get CRed here less). That said I don't hate a check here or anything, I just personally would rather bet but I could very well be wrong.

My bad on hand #2, I thought he had you covered. I'll try to pay more close attention to stacks next time. Given that, it looks like a pretty standard bet/get it in (assuming you cb $5ish and he raises to $15 or whatever) with those stacks, I was just trying to stress the point that when you're betting flops like that you should know ahead of time what you're going to do with a raise as it happens somewhat frequently.

So yeah I know I already told you this stuff just trying to get some discussion going.

The second hand? I'm not always folding to a raise. Just saying I dont consider it an automatic get it in.

Anyway, I pretty much always bet it even against a guy i fold to if raised. I think you miss far too much value checking behind. It sucks to not see a showdown with a nice hand like TPTK, but it sucks more to play it passive and the guy shows AJ.

I probably CB them both, I am actually more likely to check hand 2 than hand 1 though.