NL CASH GAME, AA in SB, ADVICE NEEDED ON WHAT ERRORS WERE MADE!!!!

[BoxerShorts]

In the first hand, I'm not sure the purpose of your betting. A $1 bet into a $3.25 pot on the flop? If your opponent has got anything semi decent he might call anyway, even if he figures he's only got 2 outs. I think it's too cheap. However, if you're trying to be deceptive and portray some weakness like you have AK then this is a good move. However, in terms of working out what your opponent has, betting 1/3 of pot wont tell you a lot. His smooth call is a worry with no draws out there.You check the turn. Another sign of "oh gees my AK missed" and induce him to bet $1. The check raise portrays strength but you must be concerned about his flat call. Now you have asked him how he likes his hand and he liked it enough to call, even with 10 10 on the board. Information costs and now you've paid $4 to find out that he has a strong hand, at least a hand he likes.The Q on the river doesn't make any straight or flush, I'm not sure what you were hoping to achieve with the $5 bet. He's called you on every street and there was no unmade hand that he could logically be drawing too. I'm a little surprised he didn’t re-raise you on the river, maybe he put you on QQ and was worried by the river card. I don't think he would put you on a 10 with a better kicker.I'll admit at these stakes, some players with JJ might call you down like this as well. No one likes to have their Aces cracked but I think you could have slowed down on the river and check/called to prevent him re-raising you (which he should have) on the river. Would you have called a pot re-raise on the river?The 2nd hand, I don't mind how you played that either. His $3 flop bet could be anything from 66 to QQ. I like your re-raise as it asks him a tough question and you get to find out how much he likes his hand. If he calls, you gotta be careful because the only hands calling a big reraise are AA, 99 and 55 and maybe QQ/JJ/TT or 56/54 suited. He hasn't got AA because he didn’t kick raise preflop. And if he reraises, then you got real problems and a tough hand to probably lay down to a set/boat (overpair versus set is a sure way to lose your stack). You also don’t want him spiking some miracle card cheaply either. I've smooth called flop bets like that in the past only to let them see another card and kaboom, they make a set or hit some draw, and the trapper gets trapped.BTW, I'm down a grand this month so my advice may not be the best but u asked for advice so I gave u my 2 cents worth.GL Boxer

[Trent]

I think at 25NL, transparent poker works best, no fancy play syndrome.Raise more preflop, you have a good hand, and are out of position (oop). You don't want to play many opponents oop, therefore raise to reduce the field.Bet more post flop. Your bet size's should usually be in relation to the pot size, and to a lesser extant the relative stack sizes. You need to make sure opponents are charged to draw.Don't allow opponents a chance to take free cards, unless you have a good reason that they will bet.I probably wouldn't bet the river, given no reads and being oop.