advice on these 4 hands? ($3.30, 2447 entrants)

[donkbee]

MTT newbie here 4 hands I'd appreciate thoughts on. Thanks in advance!


Check here? For how many chips am I willing to call if he bets?

PokerStars Game #3370062512: Tournament #16586786, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/12/18 - 17:53:45 (ET)
Table '16586786 65' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: black02stang (1915 in chips)
Seat 2: Zambrotta (2980 in chips)
Seat 3: Olie_Okwua (5175 in chips)
Seat 4: Çô©ö (2115 in chips)
Seat 5: icedad36 (1370 in chips)
Seat 6: courtiebee (3790 in chips)
Seat 7: Stings (1290 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: acecatcher26 (1865 in chips)
Seat 9: zeekers (1380 in chips)
icedad36: posts small blind 15
courtiebee: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [As Th]
Stings: folds
acecatcher26: folds
zeekers: folds
black02stang: folds
Zambrotta: calls 30
Olie_Okwua: folds
Çô©ö: calls 30
icedad36: calls 15
courtiebee: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c Ts 7h]
icedad36: checks
courtiebee: bets 100
Zambrotta: calls 100
Çô©ö: calls 100
icedad36: folds
*** TURN *** [8c Ts 7h] [8h]
courtiebee: bets 400
Stings has returned
Zambrotta: calls 400
Çô©ö: folds
*** RIVER *** [8c Ts 7h 8h] [Jd]
courtiebee:


What's my best move here? No reads (therefore no idea what a min raise preflop means).

PokerStars Game #3370134400: Tournament #16586786, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/12/18 - 18:01:21 (ET)
Table '16586786 65' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: black02stang (1830 in chips)
Seat 2: Zambrotta (2105 in chips)
Seat 3: Olie_Okwua (5115 in chips)
Seat 4: Çô©ö (1955 in chips)
Seat 5: icedad36 (1760 in chips)
Seat 6: courtiebee (4765 in chips)
Seat 7: Stings (1230 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: acecatcher26 (1565 in chips)
Seat 9: zeekers (1555 in chips)
Zambrotta: posts small blind 25
Olie_Okwua: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Td 9d]
Çô©ö: folds
Stings has returned
icedad36: calls 50
courtiebee: calls 50
Stings: raises 50 to 100
acecatcher26: folds
zeekers: folds
black02stang: folds
Zambrotta: calls 75
Olie_Okwua: calls 50
icedad36: calls 50
courtiebee: calls 50
*** FLOP *** [8h Ks Qd]
Zambrotta: checks
Olie_Okwua: checks
icedad36: checks
courtiebee: checks
Stings: checks
*** TURN *** [8h Ks Qd] [Jc]
Zambrotta: checks
Olie_Okwua: checks
icedad36: checks
courtiebee: bets 300
Stings: raises 300 to 600
Zambrotta: folds
Olie_Okwua: folds
icedad36: folds
courtiebee: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [8h Ks Qd Jc] [4h]
courtiebee:


Err ... exactly how bad of an idea was the all-in?

PokerStars Game #3370593700: Tournament #16586786, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/12/18 - 18:47:12 (ET)
Table '16586786 45' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: mako10 (1860 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleD38 (4306 in chips)
Seat 3: Hawkeye3 (2650 in chips)
Seat 4: IBlowAtHldEm (11460 in chips)
Seat 5: sacredheartx (685 in chips)
Seat 6: scratchyn8 (945 in chips)
Seat 7: HoldThemUp (4935 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee (3910 in chips)
Seat 9: zwicmd62 (4147 in chips)
DoubleD38: posts small blind 75
Hawkeye3: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Js Kc]
IBlowAtHldEm: folds
sacredheartx: folds
scratchyn8: folds
HoldThemUp: folds
courtiebee: raises 250 to 400
zwicmd62: folds
mako10: folds
DoubleD38: calls 325
Hawkeye3: calls 250
*** FLOP *** [8s Tc 3h]
DoubleD38: checks
Hawkeye3: checks
courtiebee: bets 600
DoubleD38: calls 600
Hawkeye3: folds
*** TURN *** [8s Tc 3h] [4d]
DoubleD38: checks
courtiebee: bets 2910 and is all-in


I have a healthy stack here ... do I call this or raise this?

PokerStars Game #3370907798: Tournament #16586786, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2005/12/18 - 19:18:54 (ET)
Table '16586786 173' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: spike1002 (4210 in chips)
Seat 2: Chillen56 (15670 in chips)
Seat 3: bodyman5646 (6501 in chips)
Seat 4: 66BIGSLICK66 (4140 in chips)
Seat 5: xqo4life (3189 in chips)
Seat 6: Kugar (11495 in chips)
Seat 7: bullseye666 (3240 in chips)
Seat 8: courtiebee (6360 in chips)
spike1002: posts the ante 25
Chillen56: posts the ante 25
bodyman5646: posts the ante 25
66BIGSLICK66: posts the ante 25
xqo4life: posts the ante 25
Kugar: posts the ante 25
bullseye666: posts the ante 25
courtiebee: posts the ante 25
Chillen56: posts small blind 100
bodyman5646: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to courtiebee [Kc Kh]
66BIGSLICK66: folds
xqo4life: calls 200
Kugar: folds
bullseye666: raises 400 to 600
courtiebee:

[Aquinas]

4- raise
3-horrid
2-he is probably crazy about his set, I get as much in as I can.
1-Check Call if he's overly LAG.

[drmcboy]

Agree with Aquinas.

Hand 1 I don't want to do the math, but I think you need to be getting AT LEAST 3/1 on the call. You are almost always beat here. I mean AT A MINIMUM 3/1.

Don't even think of slow playing KK with a limper and raise in front. Erase all thought of this play.

[zenbitz]

hand 1: check river, call small bet. Not losing alot of chips over 2nd pair.

hand 2: there are 3 really bad cards for you (Ts). Still, can't worry about that... the question is... are there river cards that scare HIM so that you won't get the rest of his chips if you call. If he has AK/AQ he probably doesn't want to see the other card. I would min-raise the turn, or just push over if you're sure he'll call.

If you call the turn, check/call or check/raise the river. If you re-raise the turn, bet the river unless it's a T or pairs the board.

Hand 3: Standard bluff in the dark. "Works every time but once".

Hand 4: Are you going to fold if a A flops? I didn't THINK so. Gotta raise here - not too much, you want him to call.

[kingnat]

Hand 4: Are you going to fold if a A flops? I didn't THINK so. Gotta raise here - not too much, you want him to call.

Just to specify, I think that amount is 1200... effectively doubling his bet. If pretty much any other holding that I'm willing to play with I make it 1800.