My 1st mini step, 1st level, 1st hand

[SmackinYaUp]

***** Hand History for Game 2152476948 *****
NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:12797641 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Saturday, June 04, 04:39:34 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 #1014187 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: gasfield ( $800 )
Seat 3: tustin24 ( $800 )
Seat 5: MiDixieWreck ( $800 )
Seat 6: mcarr1976 ( $800 )
Seat 7: SiDemain ( $800 )
Seat 8: DeBra38FF ( $800 )
Seat 10: Wurmtoken ( $800 )
Seat 4: ss56ss ( $800 )
Seat 2: SmackinYaUp ( $800 )
Seat 9: L_Ron_Hoover ( $800 )
Trny:12797641 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SmackinYaUp [ Kc Ac ]
SiDemain folds.
DeBra38FF folds.
L_Ron_Hoover calls [15].
Wurmtoken calls [15].
gasfield calls [15].
SmackinYaUp raises [60].
tustin24 folds.
ss56ss calls [60].
MiDixieWreck folds.
mcarr1976 calls [45].
L_Ron_Hoover calls [45].
Wurmtoken calls [45].
gasfield calls [45].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, Ks, 4c ]
mcarr1976 checks.
L_Ron_Hoover checks.
Wurmtoken bets [15].
gasfield folds.
SmackinYaUp raises [300].
ss56ss folds.
mcarr1976 folds.
L_Ron_Hoover folds.
Wurmtoken folds.
SmackinYaUp does not show cards.
SmackinYaUp wins 685 chips

Would you slow down on this one? I could have let the guy bleed more chips or raise it up to potsize. Ive got TPTK + nut flush draw, but I wasnt sure how to play this correctly so I just played it standard TPTK. It's just the first hand so I would be willing to play this slower as well and let him bleed.

[SmackinYaUp]

***** Hand History for Game 2152554718 *****
NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:12797641 Level:5 Blinds(100/200) - Saturday, June 04, 05:12:34 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 #1014187 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 2: SmackinYaUp ( $2645 )
Seat 3: tustin24 ( $3875 )
Seat 7: SiDemain ( $1480 )
Trny:12797641 Level:5
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SmackinYaUp [ 9c 9d ]
tustin24 folds.
SiDemain is all-In [1380]
SmackinYaUp calls [1280].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Th, Qc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
SiDemain shows [ 8s, Qs ] a pair of queens.
SmackinYaUp shows [ 9c, 9d ] a pair of nines.
SiDemain wins 2960 chips from the main pot with a pair of queens.

***** Hand History for Game 2152560618 *****
NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:12797641 Level:5 Blinds(100/200) - Saturday, June 04, 05:15:17 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 #1014187 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 2: SmackinYaUp ( $665 )
Seat 3: tustin24 ( $4175 )
Seat 7: SiDemain ( $3160 )
Trny:12797641 Level:5
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SmackinYaUp [ Ac 3c ]
SmackinYaUp is all-In [665]
tustin24 folds.
SiDemain calls [465].
shows A4 - shit!
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, 3h, Kh ]
woot!
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
shit!
SmackinYaUp shows [ Ac, 3c ] two pairs, aces and threes.
SiDemain shows [ 4c, Ad ] two pairs, aces and fours.
SiDemain wins 1430 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and fours.
SmackinYaUp finished in third and wins Entry to Mini Step 1
SmackinYaUp has left the table.

standard? I don't know shit about SNG's

[vqc]

I would milk the first hand.

Hand 2 is a good play.

Hand 3 is a good play.

I don't disagree with your play on hand 1. Solely because I've played those Mini Step 1's before, and there are a lot of idiots that will call you down all the time if you bet weak, I feel if you would've played it slower you could have had 5 callers, which is dangerous for a TPTK. However, if you had played it slower, I wouldn't have disagreed either, you do have the nut flush draw and what is probably the best hand on the flop with a chance to turn it into the absolute nuts. Both plays are fine really.

Hands 2 and 3 are both standard.

[gabe]

i would probably raise hand 1 to 200, but nothing is wrong with it. nothing is wrong with what you did in any of them actually.

[bair]

i woulda raised more preflop and less after the flop