what did they call with?

another mistake that 1-2 players make is that they don't ask themselves "what did he call with?" if you fail to do that, you can walk into some real problems.

i raised with aces to 18 dollars which was a big raise for the table i was on and am called by two people. flop comes Q, 9, 3 rainbow. it is checked to me and i bet 50 dollars and one guy, who i know to be fairly loose, calls. there is now aprx. 150 in the pot. turn is a K. he checks. now, what did he call with? ten jack? he has a straight. Q,K? two pair. AQ, i am golden. QJ? could still be good but he picked up draw. i check.

river is another King. he debates and checks. cool. if he had QK he would have bet since i checked the turn, same if he had straight because he would be afraid that i wouldn't bet. i bet 100 dollars and he calls with AQ. thank you. my check on the turn got me an extra hundred. (and let me know what he had by how he played the river.)

i am on button with pair of 4's. flop comes 9-4-2 rainbow. three people plus bb in pot. bb checks, next player bets 10 dollars, player to my right calls, i raise to 20 dollars. bb folds, first bettor folds and other guy calls. turn is Q. he bets 50 dollars into me. now, he either has two pair or a set of 9's or 2's. (would have raised with queens) i think he has Q-9 so i call. river is a blank and he fires 100 dollars into pot. i call. he turns over Q-9. thank you.

nothing of real importance in those two examples just telling you how it thought it through.