Hand histories.

Here is a link to the hand history of a tourney I just finished. Maybe someone could look over the way I play, and give me some help. I am desperate and about at the end of my rope and ready to give up. I cant figure out what I need to do to win. I really like playing Poker but in the few months I have been playing. I just feel like a born loser at Poker. I have read alot of books tutorials etc. Nothing seems to work. Thanks for the help.
http://www.freewebs.com/samthebutcher/holdemhands.htm
I also use this site for uploading level designs I build for a game I play named MYTH. Thats what the Butcher thing is about.

I'll take a look and help you out if I can

Yes the cards you get are normal and A J is not a monster. You should probably just fold it when Under the gun or close with 8 - 10 players at the table. It will save you a lot of trouble.
Yes most of the time you are going to miss the flop with your K Q's and AJ's. You should play SnG's, You cant expect to make money in a MTT.

#1 Game #1119121017 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 10/20 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:00:02.6 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (1,500 in chips)
Seat 3: yeahman808 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 4: dad4ever (1,500 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,500 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (1,500 in chips)
Seat 8: bluediamond (1,500 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (1,500 in chips)
yeahman808: Post Small Blind (10)
dad4ever: Post Big Blind (20)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jh ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ah ]
Hugeman2: Fold
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise (80) <---- Limp this
bluediamond: Call (80)
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (80)
davidpayton: Fold
yeahman808: Fold
dad4ever: Call (60) <---- 3 callers WOW watch for PP sets
*** FLOP *** : [ 3s 5s 2c ]
dad4ever: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (90) <---- This is why you limp. Slow down mr gutshot OOP
bluediamond: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (90)
dad4ever: Call (90)
*** TURN *** : [ 3s 5s 2c ] [ 4s ] <--- You got REAL lucky
Hugeman2 said, "gold coast yeahman ?"
dad4ever: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (150)
Cardbandit10: Raise (1,330)
dad4ever: Fold
Ugly Ed : Fold <--- Whats this? Ok fine maybe he has a 6
Cardbandit10: Winner -- doesn't show cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 900 | Board: [ 3s 5s 2c 4s ]
Cardbandit10 bet 1,500, collected 2,080, net +580
davidpayton didn't bet (folded)
yeahman808 lost 10 (folded)
dad4ever lost 170 (folded)
Hugeman2 didn't bet (folded)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 320 (folded) [ Jh Ah ] (a straight, ace to five)
bluediamond lost 80 (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

Limp this from EP this early in a tournament. Your fold equity is a non factor with small blinds and nothing to gain from folds all around. You're also in a full ring at the moment. More chance for a premium hand behind you. You may get smooth called by a better hand and get stomped. Also notice how many callers you got to the raise. This is a loose table early Ed. Shift your equity postflop. They get loose, you limp or push real hard preflop. No standard raises for now understand? Know the table texture and adjust to it.

Game #1119122335 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 10/20 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:01:50.0 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (2,080 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (1,500 in chips)
Seat 3: yeahman808 (1,490 in chips)
Seat 4: dad4ever (1,330 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,500 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (2,680 in chips)
Seat 8: bluediamond (1,420 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (1,500 in chips)
dad4ever: Post Small Blind (10)
Hugeman2: Post Big Blind (20)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jh ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Qh ]
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise (60) <--- NO NO NO stop that.
bluediamond: Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
yeahman808: Fold
dad4ever: Call (50)
Hugeman2: Call (40)
*** FLOP *** : [ Kd 7s 9d ]
dad4ever: Check
Hugeman2: Check
Ugly Ed : Check <--- Last act take a stab at it
*** TURN *** : [ Kd 7s 9d ] [ Qs ]
dad4ever: Check
Hugeman2: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (100)
dad4ever: Call (100)
Hugeman2: Call (100)
*** RIVER *** : [ Kd 7s 9d Qs ] [ Qc ]
dad4ever: Check
Hugeman2: Bet (550)
Ugly Ed : Call (550)
dad4ever: Fold
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 1,580 | Board: [ Kd 7s 9d Qs Qc ]
Cardbandit10 didn't bet (folded)
davidpayton didn't bet (folded)
yeahman808 didn't bet (folded)
dad4ever lost 160 (folded)
Hugeman2 lost 710 (showed hand) [ 5h Qd ] (three of a kind, queens)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed bet 710, collected 1,580, net +870 (showed hand) [ Jh Qh ] (three of a kind, queens)
bluediamond didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

Rep the flop here Ed as last act. The table is loose. What that means is the callers of your preflop raise are less likely to have hit the king, and more likely to be in with random holdings. Represent it. You were fortunate to have someone hit a second best here. I would have taken it down on the flop.

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Game #1119124723 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 10/20 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:05:04.0 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (2,230 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (1,460 in chips)
Seat 3: yeahman808 (1,450 in chips)
Seat 4: dad4ever (1,170 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (480 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,800 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (3,530 in chips)
Seat 8: bluediamond (1,380 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (1,500 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (1,500 in chips)
Ugly Ed : Post Small Blind (10)
bluediamond: Post Big Blind (20)
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jc ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ah ]
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (20)
davidpayton: Fold
yeahman808: Fold
dad4ever: Fold
Hugeman2: Call (20)
keefkeef: Raise (100)
Ugly Ed : Call (90) <--- This is ok with your chip count
bluediamond: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (80)
Hugeman2: Call (80)
*** FLOP *** : [ 4d Kd 3c ]
Ugly Ed : Bet (70) <--- Ok what the hell are you doing Ed?
Cardbandit10: Call (70)
Hugeman2: Call (70)
keefkeef: Fold
*** TURN *** : [ 4d Kd 3c ] [ 6s ]
Ugly Ed : Bet (100) <--- For god sakes slow down. Not every pot is yours
Cardbandit10: Call (100)
Hugeman2: Raise (310)
Ugly Ed : Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (210)
*** RIVER *** : [ 4d Kd 3c 6s ] [ 7d ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 1,350 | Board: [ 4d Kd 3c 6s 7d ]
Cardbandit10 bet 480, collected 1,350, net +870 (showed hand) [ Ks 7s ] (two pair, kings and sevens)
davidpayton didn't bet (folded)
yeahman808 didn't bet (folded)
dad4ever didn't bet (folded)
Hugeman2 lost 480 (showed hand) [ 6h 3h ] (two pair, sixes and threes)
keefkeef lost 100 (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 270 (folded) [ Jc Ah ] (high card ace)
bluediamond lost 20 (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

Ed, this was just about the worst poker I've ever seen. Who gave you the right to lay claim to this pot first act without any information? Get out of there. You missed the flop completely. At least check through to sniff out weakness. Convince yourself that it belongs to someone else this time. Carumba.

Game #1119135089 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 15/30 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:18:08.7 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (6,313 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (1,710 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (10,320 in chips)
Seat 4: dad4ever (1,152 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (1,610 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (0 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (3,215 in chips)
Seat 8: bluediamond (1,210 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,850 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (2,940 in chips)
gangus11: Post Small Blind (15)
winerorwater: Post Big Blind (30)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jh ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 8h ]
Cardbandit10: Call (30)
davidpayton: Call (30)
aogneun : Fold
dad4ever: Call (30)
Hugeman2: Call (30)
Ugly Ed : Call (30) <--- Not bad. You have chips to gamble a little
bluediamond: Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Check
*** FLOP *** : [ As Th 9h ]
winerorwater: Check
Cardbandit10: Check
davidpayton: Bet (90)
dad4ever: Call (90)
Hugeman2: Fold
Ugly Ed : Call (90) <--- Raise
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
*** TURN *** : [ As Th 9h ] [ Qc ]
davidpayton: Bet (150)
dad4ever: Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise (400)
davidpayton: Call (250)
*** RIVER *** : [ As Th 9h Qc ] [ 4d ]
davidpayton: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (500)
davidpayton: Call (500)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,265 | Board: [ As Th 9h Qc 4d ]
Cardbandit10 lost 30 (folded)
davidpayton lost 1,020 [ 7s Ad ] (a pair of aces)
aogneun didn't bet (folded)
dad4ever lost 120 (folded)
Hugeman2 lost 30 (folded)
keefkeef didn't bet
Ugly Ed bet 1,020, collected 2,265, net +1,245 (showed hand) [ Jh 8h ] (a straight, eight to queen)
bluediamond didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 lost 15 (folded)
winerorwater lost 30 (folded)

Raise the flop here. Use fold equity with that many outs. Well done otherwise.

Game #1119136145 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 15/30 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:19:30.0 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (6,283 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (690 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (10,320 in chips)
Seat 4: dad4ever (1,032 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (1,580 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,500 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (4,460 in chips)
Seat 8: bluediamond (1,210 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,835 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (2,910 in chips)
winerorwater: Post Small Blind (15)
Cardbandit10: Post Big Blind (30)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ad ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 5d ]
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Call (30)
dad4ever: Fold
Hugeman2: Call (30)
keefkeef: Call (30)
Ugly Ed : Raise (60) <--- Don't raise this hand. You want people in
bluediamond: Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (30)
aogneun : Call (30)
Hugeman2: Call (30)
keefkeef: Call (30)
*** FLOP *** : [ Kd Jc 2s ]
Cardbandit10: Check
aogneun : Check
Hugeman2: Check
keefkeef: Check
Ugly Ed : Check
*** TURN *** : [ Kd Jc 2s ] [ 9c ]
Cardbandit10: Check
aogneun : Check
Hugeman2: Check
keefkeef: Bet (110)
Ugly Ed : Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (110)
aogneun : Fold
Hugeman2: Fold
*** RIVER *** : [ Kd Jc 2s 9c ] [ Ah ]
Cardbandit10: Bet (650)
keefkeef: Fold
Cardbandit10: Winner -- doesn't show cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 535 | Board: [ Kd Jc 2s 9c Ah ]
Cardbandit10 bet 820, collected 1,185, net +365
davidpayton didn't bet (folded)
aogneun lost 60 (folded)
dad4ever didn't bet (folded)
Hugeman2 lost 60 (folded)
keefkeef lost 170 (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 60 (folded) [ Ad 5d ] (a pair of aces)
bluediamond didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater lost 15 (folded)

Ed, you have a ton of chips. Become more conservative. Don't raise Ax suited at this stage with blinds this low. You want people in to give you odds for a nut flush draw. Beyond that, two pair or trip 5's you're gonna fold postflop to any kind of aggression.

Game #1119140765 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 25/50 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:25:22.1 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (8,915 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (2,375 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (11,510 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (2,805 in chips)
Seat 5: Hugeman2 (1,040 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (400 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (4,350 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,835 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (2,895 in chips)
Ugly Ed : Post Small Blind (25)
gangus11: Post Big Blind (50)
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Td ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Kc ]
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Call (50)
davidpayton: Call (50)
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Call (50)
Hugeman2: Fold
keefkeef: Call (50)
Ugly Ed : Call (25) <--- Now you got it! Nice!
gangus11: Check
*** FLOP *** : [ 3c Qh Tc ]
Ugly Ed : Bet (100) <---- Holy mother of god
gangus11: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Call (100)
DCowboys76: Raise (650)
keefkeef: Call All-in (350)
Ugly Ed : Fold
davidpayton: Fold
*** TURN *** : [ 3c Qh Tc ] [ 2h ]
*** RIVER *** : [ 3c Qh Tc 2h ] [ Qd ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 1,200 | Board: [ 3c Qh Tc 2h Qd ]
Cardbandit10 lost 50 (folded)
davidpayton lost 150 (folded)
aogneun didn't bet (folded)
DCowboys76 bet 700, collected 1,500, net +800 (showed hand) [ Jh Qc ] (three of a kind, queens)
Hugeman2 didn't bet (folded)
keefkeef lost 400 (showed hand) [ 9d Js ] (a pair of queens)
Ugly Ed lost 150 (folded) [ Td Kc ] (two pair, queens and tens)
gangus11 lost 50 (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

You started out good limping in bad position with an ok hand. Then you fired at the flop first act. Dude, knock that off. It's a HUGE leak. You may have some control issues. Just kidding. Play smarter not harder ED. This was not smarter. Give your opponents credit for a hand that beats you until they tell you otherwise.

Game #1119144545 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 25/50 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:29:50.7 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (9,405 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (3,000 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (11,435 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (3,355 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,650 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (4,200 in chips)
Seat 8: BKochan (6,035 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,760 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (2,820 in chips)
DCowboys76: Post Small Blind (25)
keefkeef: Post Big Blind (50)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Qs ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Kh ]
Ugly Ed : Raise (150) <--- Bad Position. Bad News. Limp this or fold
BKochan : Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Fold
keefkeef: Call (100)
*** FLOP *** : [ 5c 8d 4s ]
keefkeef: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (200)
keefkeef: Raise (550) <--- He could be picking on you
Ugly Ed : Fold
keefkeef: Winner -- doesn't show cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 725 | Board: [ 5c 8d 4s ]

Once again you raised a non premium hand from early position. You gotta stop that. It's bad poker.

Game #1119146981 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 25/50 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:32:43.6 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 7 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (9,245 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (3,000 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (11,795 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (460 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (1,950 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (3,750 in chips)
Seat 8: BKochan (5,985 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,760 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (5,715 in chips)
BKochan : Post Small Blind (25)
gangus11: Post Big Blind (50)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Kd ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 4d ]
winerorwater: Call (50)
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Fold
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Call (50)
BKochan : Call (25)
gangus11: Check
*** FLOP *** : [ Jd Th 9d ]
BKochan : Bet (50)
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Ugly Ed : Call (50) <--- RAISE!
*** TURN *** : [ Jd Th 9d ] [ 3c ]
BKochan : Check
Ugly Ed : Check
*** RIVER *** : [ Jd Th 9d 3c ] [ 9h ]
BKochan : Check
Ugly Ed : Check
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 300 | Board: [ Jd Th 9d 3c 9h ]
Cardbandit10 didn't bet (folded)
davidpayton didn't bet (folded)
aogneun didn't bet (folded)
DCowboys76 didn't bet (folded)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 100 [ Kd 4d ] (a pair of nines)
BKochan bet 100, collected 300, net +200 (showed hand) [ 6h 6c ] (two pair, nines and sixes)
gangus11 lost 50 (folded)
winerorwater lost 50 (folded)

Ed, raise your draw from LP to see how your opponent feels about continuing. You have possibly 16 live outs on the flop here. That's a great chance to improve to the winning hand by the river. Oh, look at that he had 66. Fold equity you failed to use.

Game #1119149133 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 25/50 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:35:12.5 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 10 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (9,055 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (3,000 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (11,795 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (610 in chips)
Seat 5: bansidog (4,135 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (2,165 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (3,650 in chips)
Seat 8: BKochan (6,185 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,685 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (5,565 in chips)
Cardbandit10: Post Small Blind (25)
davidpayton: Post Big Blind (50)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 7h ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 7d ]
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Fold
bansidog: Call (50)
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise (100) <--- If you raise this, raise it 3-4xBB
BKochan : Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Call (50)
bansidog: Call (50)
*** FLOP *** : [ 8h 8s 4d ]
davidpayton: Check
bansidog: Check
Ugly Ed : Check <--- What are you doing? Perfect flop for 77
*** TURN *** : [ 8h 8s 4d ] [ Kc ]
davidpayton: Check
bansidog: Check
Ugly Ed : Check
*** RIVER *** : [ 8h 8s 4d Kc ] [ Ah ]
davidpayton: Check
bansidog: Bet (260)
Ugly Ed : Fold
davidpayton: Call (260)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 845 | Board: [ 8h 8s 4d Kc Ah ]
Cardbandit10 lost 25 (folded)
davidpayton lost 360 [ Ac 6h ] (two pair, aces and eights)
aogneun didn't bet (folded)
DCowboys76 didn't bet (folded)
bansidog bet 360, collected 845, net +485 (showed hand) [ 8d 6d ] (three of a kind, eights)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 100 (folded) [ 7h 7d ] (two pair, eights and sevens)
BKochan didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

You had 77 and checked behind on an 884 flop. Why did you do this? Did you have a gut feeling? Ok then I get those too. You really wanna bet like 250-300 on what is usually the winning hand in this spot. Someone calls you slow down. Someone had the eight, but usually they don't.

Game #1119152796 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 50/100 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:39:19.0 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (7,700 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (2,515 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (12,045 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (1,420 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (2,980 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (3,450 in chips)
Seat 8: BKochan (6,185 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,685 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (5,565 in chips)
keefkeef: Post Small Blind (50)
Ugly Ed : Post Big Blind (100)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ As ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 6c ]
BKochan : Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Fold
keefkeef: Raise (240)
Ugly Ed : Call (190) <-- Well ok. Raise is better
*** FLOP *** : [ 4c 7h Th ]
keefkeef: Bet (150)
Ugly Ed : Fold
keefkeef: Winner -- doesn't show cards

When you defend a big blind from a SB, a reraise is sometimes appropriate.

Game #1119157265 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 50/100 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:44:13.1 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (7,550 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (2,415 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (12,045 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (1,420 in chips)
Seat 5: bigsyman (1,200 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (2,150 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (4,610 in chips)
Seat 8: BKochan (6,285 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,385 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (5,685 in chips)
davidpayton: Post Small Blind (50)
aogneun : Post Big Blind (100)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 6h ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 7c ]
DCowboys76: Fold
bigsyman: Fold
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Call (100)
BKochan : Fold
gangus11: Fold
winerorwater: Call (100)
Cardbandit10: Call (100)
davidpayton: Call (50)
aogneun : Check
*** FLOP *** : [ 7s 4s 7d ]
davidpayton: Check
aogneun : Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (100) <--- Ugh
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Fold
Ugly Ed : Winner -- doesn't show cards
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 500 | Board: [ 7s 4s 7d ]
Cardbandit10 lost 100 (folded)
davidpayton lost 100 (folded)
aogneun lost 100 (folded)
DCowboys76 didn't bet (folded)
bigsyman didn't bet (folded)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed bet 200, collected 600, net +400 [ 6h 7c ] (three of a kind, sevens)
BKochan didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 didn't bet (folded)
winerorwater lost 100 (folded)

I know you want to somehow disguise the fact that you have trips. You can't bet on the flop here though because everyone wiffed, and so far that board sucks for everyone else. It would be a good bluff if you didn't have it. You only bet here when you're in hand with a smart aggressive player who will look you up. The reason being that it's common to steal a rag paired flop pot.

Game #1119166584 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 75/150 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-09:53:59.4 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (14,290 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (3,620 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (4,600 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (1,845 in chips)
Seat 5: bigsyman (1,050 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (4,400 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (4,710 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (2,090 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (10,640 in chips)
DCowboys76: Post Small Blind (75)
bigsyman: Post Big Blind (150)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Js ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ah ]
keefkeef: Call (150)
Ugly Ed : Raise (400) <--- Nope. Limp it here.
gangus11: Call (400)
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Call (400)
aogneun : Fold
DCowboys76: Fold
bigsyman: Fold
keefkeef: Call (250)
*** FLOP *** : [ Jd Ts 5s ]
aogneun said, "u"
keefkeef: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (700)
gangus11: Call (700)
Cardbandit10 said, "me what"
davidpayton: Raise (3,220)
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Call (2,520) <--- You gotta be kidding
gangus11: Call All-in (990)
Cardbandit10 said, "me what"
*** TURN *** : [ Jd Ts 5s ] [ 2h ]
*** RIVER *** : [ Jd Ts 5s 2h ] [ 4h ]
gangus11 said, "lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 6,895 | Side pot 1: 3,060 | Board: [ Jd Ts 5s 2h 4h ]
Cardbandit10 didn't bet (folded)
davidpayton bet 3,620, collected 9,955, net +6,335 (showed hand) [ Jh Jc ] (three of a kind, jacks)
aogneun didn't bet (folded)
DCowboys76 lost 75 (folded)
bigsyman lost 150 (folded)
keefkeef lost 400 (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 3,620 (showed hand) [ Js Ah ] (a pair of jacks)
gangus11 lost 2,090 (showed hand) [ 8c Tc ] (a pair of tens)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

I see this far too often. You gotta be able to let go of top pair. What could he possibly be raising that hard? You're beat so often here that it's not worth finding out. Fold this against a deep all in.

Game #1119177949 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 100/200 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-10:06:18.3 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 24" (MTT) -- Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Cardbandit10 (18,150 in chips)
Seat 2: davidpayton (9,730 in chips)
Seat 3: aogneun (7,175 in chips)
Seat 4: DCowboys76 (2,543 in chips)
Seat 5: bigsyman (825 in chips)
Seat 6: keefkeef (5,575 in chips)
Seat 7: Ugly Ed (6,082 in chips)
Seat 8: EZ_Rick (8,180 in chips)
Seat 9: gangus11 (4,000 in chips)
Seat 10: winerorwater (14,665 in chips)
aogneun : Post Small Blind (100)
DCowboys76: Post Big Blind (200)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ad ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jd ]
bigsyman: Fold
keefkeef: Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise (500) <--- Not again. Nooooo
EZ_Rick : Fold
gangus11: Call (500)
winerorwater: Fold
Cardbandit10: Fold
davidpayton: Call (500)
aogneun : Call (400)
DCowboys76: Fold
*** FLOP *** : [ 2s Ks Qc ]
aogneun : Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (1,000) <--- Holy shit! Nooooo
gangus11: Fold
davidpayton: Fold
aogneun : Raise (3,000)
Ugly Ed : Call (2,000) <--- Ahhhhhh!
*** TURN *** : [ 2s Ks Qc ] [ 8c ]
aogneun : Bet (3,675)
Ugly Ed : Call All-in (2,582) <--- HANGMAN
*** RIVER *** : [ 2s Ks Qc 8c ] [ Ah ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 13,364 | Board: [ 2s Ks Qc 8c Ah ]
Cardbandit10 didn't bet (folded)
davidpayton lost 500 (folded)
aogneun bet 7,175, collected 14,457, net +7,282 (showed hand) [ 2h 2d ] (three of a kind, twos)
DCowboys76 lost 200 (folded)
bigsyman didn't bet (folded)
keefkeef didn't bet (folded)
Ugly Ed lost 6,082 (showed hand) [ Ad Jd ] (a pair of aces)
EZ_Rick didn't bet (folded)
gangus11 lost 500 (folded)
winerorwater didn't bet (folded)

I Think it's safe to say your biggest leak is raising hands from EP that can get you in trouble. Your second biggest leak is continuing into the wrong boards against a bad number of opponents when you miss and have no info. Your third leak is hanging around too long after being told you're beat. Your 4th leak is not letting go of a draw for the wrong price as the last hand demonstrated. It's only a gut shot Ed. Let it go. People like you make people like me rich when you play like this.

Awesome Thanks alot Randavu! Very nice of you to take the time to help me. You are right I did play those hands pretty badly. I can see now that you pointed out my mistakes. I get so frustrated when I see people win with garbage. I start trying the same thing. Or I fold what started as pretty good hands, and then feel that people start to bully me. Also after folding so many bad hands I start to feel if I get anything decent I need to play it, and win. It helps so much to know what I SHOULD be doing from an experienced player. I had gotten to the point that I didnt no what to do, from the reasons I said. I took notes on everything you pointed out on my hands. I am going to stick with it and hopefully/probably my game will improve. I am playing the same tourney again today. I feel much more confident now. Also STIdrivr Thank you for your time and going over my hands.

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Yes the cards you get are normal

I dont feel so much like maybe I am just an unlucky bastad when it comes to Poker. Again Thanks, I felt maybe like I was being a pain in the ass, but with people like you helping I just may become a good Poker player.