1st hand is fine except for the not raising pf as you noted. Well played.

The second hand is troubling.

The cold call out of the small blind after a single raise to you is awful.
There is no hand you call with in that spot - mathmatically this is raise or fold every time no matter what your cards are.

I also don't like betting out on the flop. You would expect this type of flop to hit a preflop raiser and the BB knows that. You flopped a great draw and you are better off with BB in the hand. By betting out into a preflop raiser the BB would expect that the CO will raise and most of the time he will fold his hand after your bet, especially since you gave him odds preflop to call with a wide range. Now once he folds you are left with playing a draw headsup OOP against a preflop raiser. Not good.

It worked out OK since BB called, but the vast majority of the time you are much better off check-calling the flop. If it was headsup on the flop then I think you can bet out, checkraise, or check-call but with the BB in the hand you need to try to keep him along and by far the best way to do this is check-calling.

Growlers it depends on what I've seen the CO try to steal with before. I may flat call with Q9s there just for variety instead of raising. I may even fold, there are a lot of variables, including Whim, that affect that play.

EDIT: Oh damn, it's 6 max, yeah raise that up.

Marm,
The reason why it is wrong has nothing to do with the CO's cards - you are giving the BB too good of odds to call. There is absolutely no reason to give the BB those odds when he has position on you the rest of the hand. Three-bet or fold here is clearly the mathmatically correct play, and is the also the correct poker play >>95% of the time.

The fact that the CO may be stealing makes it even MORE important to three bet this hand preflop. Get it headsup with what is probably the best hand against the steal raiser.

Some people flatcall out of the SB in these situations routinely and it is a huge leak. If the button coldcalled after the CO's raise I don't have a problem with flatcalling.

Good points, though, IN FULL RING I like calling sometimes for the ability to CR on the flop, regardless of what hits (see earlier Blind steal thread). This move carries a helluva lot more weight than a raise PF or a lead bet on the flop. Yes, you risk the BB coming along, but often enough they fold seeing you cold called a raise, and yes, sometimes the flop hits the CO, but it works often enough that I consider it a very profitable play.

But then again, this is 6 max, and the steal chances go through the roof, so this play will eventually get ripped apart.

But seeing this is 6 max I have no doubts that your only move is to raise as long as you feel it's worth playing Q9s vs the guys steal.

Originally Posted by Just_dude

I've been playing on my laptop with no PT too, I'm going to get another copy so I can have it on both computers,

I believe one purchase covers two computers, don't spend another $55 without confirming this.

dude,

Don't worry about the woulda coulda shoulda'a with those garbage hands you mentioned at first (10-7 & 4-6) They are not long term winners especially against AA, QQ, etc.

Originally Posted by Yvraine

I believe one purchase covers two computers, don't spend another $55 without confirming this.

I'm 99% sure you are correct.