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I played a small session of 10NL today, and just wanted an opinion on how I played some of my bigger hands so I can get more information about where my leaks are.

1. MP in this hand was a 57/32, who had been making very poor post flop decisions, and running his mouth in the chat so you knew he was a bit hot headed. I didn't think I ever had reason to be scared that I was behind, but maybe that's wrong. If I'm sure I'm ahead is my bet sizing good to get all the money in a majority of the time, or is there room for improvement there?

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1832091
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MP: $31.53
Hero (CO): $11.24
BTN: $10.00
SB: $11.76
BB: $8.00
UTG: $8.00

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with A A
UTG checks, MP raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $1.35, 4 folds, MP calls $0.95

Flop: ($2.85) J 7 9 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $1.79, MP calls $1.79

Turn: ($6.43) 6 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $4.10, MP raises to $8.20, Hero calls $4 all in

River: ($22.63) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

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2. For the next hand UTG had only just sat at the table, and had played 12 hands but none of them were big pots. I called in position (maybe that's a mistake with this hand already, i'm not sure) because I thought it would be a profitable hand if it went heads up and I was IP. The players behind me hadn't shown a tendency to squeeze yet, so that didn't factor much into my call.

On the flop I faced a c-bet and my reasoning was this: If I reraise here I look like a combo draw, a set or a straight, but that sets and straights wouldn't figure much into my opponents calculations at these stakes, and so I could probably get it in with a worse Ax who thinks I'm semi-bluffing. On the 3bet there wasn't really anything behind so it was fold/shove, and I figured that my hypothetical Ax opponent would likely play this way. I'm entirely unsure that this was the right play, is this a total spew of value?

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1832099
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SB: $8.19
BB: $11.19
UTG: $4.10
MP: $10.81
Hero (CO): $11.55
BTN: $5.26

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with A Q
UTG raises to $0.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.65) 3 4 A (2 players)
UTG bets $0.37, Hero raises to $0.90, UTG raises to $2.70, Hero raises to $11.30 all in, UTG calls $1.15 all in

Turn: ($8.35) T (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($8.35) J (2 players - 2 are all in)

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3. There was literally no rational thought that went into this hand after the turn, I was so excited to have this for the first time after playing for 2.5 years. BB was the same 57/32 fish from hand 1, only now he was showing very clearly that he was upset with his recent losses in chat. As the turn came down and he bet into me I just smashed reraise, which I'm sure is a total spew of value as he can't possibly draw out on me. The only thing that consoled me a little bit was considering how a small flush, straight or two pair would likely get it in on the turn but not if a 4th flush card came on the river. Is that enough of a reason to reraise the turn, or should I have flatted and let him keep the bets coming?

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1832100
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BB: $7.11
Hero (UTG): $21.79
MP: $18.87
CO: $11.85
BTN: $7.37
SB: $10.49

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with Q A
Hero raises to $0.35, 4 folds, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.75) T J T (2 players)
BB bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.55) K (2 players)
BB bets $0.90, Hero raises to $2.20, BB folds

1 and 2 are standard. 3 I probably just call turn and raise the river.

#1 you can bet closer to pot on flop and turn. #2 calling AQ IP is fine, and if SB or BB don't squeeze light then their squeeze range and value range is probably the same so you can fold to to a 3-bet (am I right in this assumption). On the flop, if you've only seen UTG play small pots so far and he re-raises you on flip is that not an indication he might have a big hand here?