Steve-O "stole my thunder" (can't believe I just used that sports talk radio cliche) with all three hands. Your QJ was so great because you open-raised, raising your chances at taking the pot on the flop or PF, gives you the power going into the hand, puts pressure on the other people to act and you have some cards to back you up.

In Hands 2 and 3, you have no folding equity PF or on the flop because someone's in front of you that WILL call your raise who can easily have your Ace or King outkicked, and you have bad-no connection value.

The open-raise is the most powerful PF weapon in 6max. when you're in the CO or button. Raising with someone already in the pot is for value/isolation. It does very little in terms of giving your presence in the hand any value. You're nothing to fear in 2 and 3. You're everything to fear in Hand 1, regardless of the fact that you hit a nice flop in the flirst hand.

Your FTR play in Hand 2 was good, but you were too quirky in Hand 3. Don't raise the turn in Hand 3. I'd say fold. You have third pair to a three-diamond board. You have no diamonds and there are 2 others who saw the flop.

AXs is MP is more of a full ring hand where there's little to no raising PF. You're OOP here, and not gonna get the payback for the times you raise at 6max. OOP with this hand.

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