Comments appreciated

[frank123]

Some history between villian and I. Earlier with blinds at 100/200, he raised mybig blind to 800, I pushed for 5000 more with K-7 o/s, and he called half his stack with K-3 o/s. He then promptly tilted, and got back to 20k by sucking out twice in a row. Since then he's played his normal style, kind of aggressive. I've also been reraised a lot so far by the big stacks preflop, and ended up folding each time. This is the first actual flop I've played with him.



PokerStars Game #3474782035: Tournament #16921976, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/12/29 - 22:12:16 (ET)
Table '16921976 148' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Cactus Tim (24426 in chips)
Seat 2: jonkeponke (10325 in chips)
Seat 3: spagod (10475 in chips)
Seat 4: AcmeLabRat (43431 in chips)
Seat 5: AceLagrone (22712 in chips)
Seat 6: 1191980 (4174 in chips)
Seat 7: 5ace earl (15420 in chips)
Seat 8: newspaperman (5650 in chips)
Seat 9: chet71 (9820 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Cactus Tim: posts the ante 25
jonkeponke: posts the ante 25
spagod: posts the ante 25
AcmeLabRat: posts the ante 25
AceLagrone: posts the ante 25
1191980: posts the ante 25
5ace earl: posts the ante 25
newspaperman: posts the ante 25
Cactus Tim: posts small blind 200
jonkeponke: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jonkeponke [Th 6d]
spagod: folds
AcmeLabRat: folds
AceLagrone: folds
1191980: folds
5ace earl: calls 400
newspaperman: calls 400
Cactus Tim: calls 200
jonkeponke: checks
*** FLOP *** [Td 4h 9d]
Cactus Tim: checks
jonkeponke: bets 800
5ace earl: folds
newspaperman: folds
Cactus Tim: raises 1400 to 2200
jonkeponke: raises 7700 to 9900 and is all-in
Cactus Tim: calls 7700
*** TURN *** [Td 4h 9d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Td 4h 9d As] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cactus Tim: shows [Tc 8s] (a pair of Tens)
jonkeponke: shows [Th 6d] (a pair of Tens - lower kicker)
Cactus Tim collected 21600 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21600 | Rake 0
Board [Td 4h 9d As 7h]
Seat 1: Cactus Tim (small blind) showed [Tc 8s] and won (21600) with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: jonkeponke (big blind) showed [Th 6d] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: spagod folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: AcmeLabRat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AceLagrone folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 1191980 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 5ace earl folded on the Flop
Seat 8: newspaperman (button) folded on the Flop

Any comments, suggestions? I'm trying to transition more from sngs to MTTs, and would like a lot of criticism (good or bad).

[stuck]

First: don't post the results

Second: you always need to be wary playing top pair no kicker. If you can't /read/ trouble in that check raise, then feel free to keep swinging your johnson around to see who's is bigger. I don't think I find a push there.

[Easy17]

why push with tp weak kicker esp vs a bigger stack? He can afford to call you hes got you out chipped by 2-1.

seems like you got sucked into a hand by being in the BB you wouldnt have played in any other position and got burned.

[WildBobAA]

Don't bust from a tournament with just a pair.

[Sprayed]

Check it down. I would fold with a weak kicker to a check raise and still feel warm and fuzzy about.