2 hands for critical review

[marmot]

1) When should I have left this one?
------HAND 47------
Game #2104282493: Hold'em NL (100/200) - 2006/08/02 - 21:37:33 (UK)
Table "STT 3176469 - 1" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 2: Higor5 (1535 in chips)
Seat 4: Sad1996 (1360 in chips)
Seat 5: milloony (1145 in chips)
Seat 7: Eagles16 (1665 in chips)
Seat 8: Pow_gp (1316 in chips)
Seat 9: CCat (1453 in chips)
Seat 10: Rosalyn_k (1526 in chips)
Rosalyn_k: posts small blind 100
Higor5: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pow_gp [Ah 8s]
Sad1996: folds
milloony: folds
Eagles16: folds
Pow_gp: raises to 400
CCat: folds
Rosalyn_k: calls 300
Higor5: folds
----- FLOP ----- [4c 9d Qc]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: bets 200
Rosalyn_k: calls 200
----- TURN ----- [4c 9d Qc][5s]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: bets 200
Rosalyn_k: calls 200
----- RIVER ----- [4c 9d Qc 5s][Jd]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: checks

2) Anything worong with this given hole cards and this for ITM?
------HAND 58------
Game #2104421473: Hold'em NL (200/400) - 2006/08/02 - 21:44:53 (UK)
Table "STT 3176469 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 7: Eagles16 (465 in chips)
Seat 8: Pow_gp (1364 in chips)
Seat 9: CCat (5989 in chips)
Seat 10: Rosalyn_k (2182 in chips)
CCat: posts small blind 200
Rosalyn_k: posts big blind 400
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pow_gp [Qd Qh]
Eagles16: raises to 465 and is all-in
Pow_gp: calls 465
CCat: folds
Rosalyn_k: calls 65
----- FLOP ----- [Ts 9h Ks]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: checks
----- TURN ----- [Ts 9h Ks][3s]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Ts 9h Ks 3s][5c]
Rosalyn_k: checks
Pow_gp: checks

[Staresy]

Hand 1 - You have less than 8 BB's. You should have pushed or folded pre-flop.

Also, two things ...

1. never min-raise. ever.
2. never bet less on the flop than you did pre-flop. It screams of weakness. It basically announces that you have a hand that missed the flop but you feel obliged to bet it.

Hand 2 - push over his raise and make this HU. You offered superb odds to the BB to call. He has to call 45 chips into a 1530 pot. He can call with any two. If you push, not only does he then have to call far more chips, it's also a far bigger % of his stack and also, he has to figure you for a big hand.

[givememyleg]

I was gonna post, but then I read Staresy's post and it woulda just been the same thing so instead I just made this post with no content saying Staresy already covered everything. He even bolded the word never and I think I would have done that too.

[taipan168]

Yep, Staresy nailed it.

Perhaps the only time I would ever minraise is when blinds are big, I've flopped the nuts (ie. something like a FH or quads) and opp leads out on the flop.

[strawman]

1. never min-raise. ever.
2. never bet less on the flop than you did pre-flop. It screams of weakness. It basically announces that you have a hand that missed the flop but you feel obliged to bet it.

Avoid rigidity. Thinking in absolute terms will result in missed opportunities.

[FlyingSaucy]

why not push preflop? Those stack sizes are crazy for a 7-handed table. everyone sitting there with between 5 and 8 BB?! How does something like that even happen? Esp in a MTT where people should be getting shuffled.