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[swiggidy]

{EDIT: I'm looking for a line-check (especially 2nd hand), just so this doesn't get confused as a "Tales of Poker"}

I was hoping for another re-raise on the river, but this worked out well. I made sure to pause for 5-10 sec before clicking any buttons.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t15/t30
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1440
UTG+1: t1450
MP1: t1220
MP2: t1120
MP3: t1440
CO: t1750
Button: t1810
SB: t1620
Hero: t1650

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with 7 K
4 folds, MP3 calls t30, 2 folds, SB calls t15, Hero checks.

Flop: 4 K K (t90, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets t60, SB folds, Hero calls t60.

Turn: K (t210, 2 players)
Hero bets t100, MP3 raises to t300, Hero calls t200.

River: J (t810, 2 players)
Hero bets t200, MP3 calls t200.

Results:
Final pot: t1210

I'm more concerned about this one. Playing bottom 2 pair early can lead to problems, but I figured any non-scary card (spade or Q) I push.

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t50/t100
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t3080
UTG+1: t1775
CO: t2225
Button: t865
SB: t3555
Hero: t2000

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with 4 6
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t100, CO calls t100, Button folds, SB calls t50, Hero checks.

Flop: 6 4 Q (t400, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t400, 2 folds, SB calls t400.

Turn: T (t1200, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero is all-in t1500, SB folds.

[Staresy]

first hand; I think I get a little greedier on the river and bet 300-400. The pot is 800, so I think you can try for a touch more chips there. Opp obviously likes his hand otherwise he wouldn't re-raise you on the turn.

2nd hand; seems ok to me.

[Aplomado]

1) You won some decent chips with this one so the play is pretty good. Personally I might have pushed after his re-raise on the turn.

2) Pot-sized bet and then the all-in is the only way to play this if you ask me.

[taipan168]

1. On the turn, this is one of the very few times I hit the minraise button. He likes his hand enough to raise you, tickle him a little bit to see if you can get him to push over. Opp won't fold for another 200 chips. Even if he just calls, you've built the pot. With the nuts I don't push - try to get opp to push on you! I also bet a little more on the river, maybe 300 or so. But pretty well played IMO.

2. I think you played it fine. I go broke with bottom two pair, too often your bottom pair gets counterfeited. On that flop, unless opp has a set or Q4/Q6, you're ahead.

[journey075]

1: larger value bet or reraise turn. looks like he has a pp higher than 4s and he'll call off his stack with it.

2: ai on turn is fine since the pot is ~1100 and any bet commits you anyway.

[Scuba Chuck]

Hand 1, I either bet 400 on the river OR, I grand stand on the turn, and take my sweet time and raise him to 600.

[MAX]

Hand 1- It's a rare situation, but when you turn quads on a board like that, and opp. reraises you, you should assume that you have a better chance of getting paid now than on the river. If he has the 4 he will call your ai (often), if he has an overpair he will call your ai(often). When the river brings a card>4, it is often a scare card for opp. That is why you've got to reraise him on the turn. You only extracted 200 on the river, so if you push the turn, you only need to be called 1 out of 4 times to make more than you did here. Either way, you've got to give them an opp. to make bigger mistakes somewhere.