Comments please

[marmot]

------HAND 32------
Game #3187911794: Hold'em NL (50/100) - 2006/08/09 - 22:40:44 (UK)
Table "STT 3221834 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: _shagger_ (994.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Rotter001 (3639.50 in chips)
Seat 8: _goldberg (2176 in chips)
Seat 9: Pow_gp (3190 in chips)
_goldberg: posts small blind 50
Pow_gp: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pow_gp [Ac Jh]
_shagger_: raises to 994.50 and is all-in
Rotter001: folds
_goldberg: folds
Pow_gp: calls 894.50
----- FLOP ----- [Kc 9h Qs]
----- TURN ----- [Kc 9h Qs][4s]
----- RIVER ----- [Kc 9h Qs 4s][Jd]

------HAND 35------
Game #3187943694: Hold'em NL (50/100) - 2006/08/09 - 22:42:30 (UK)
Table "STT 3221834 - 1" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: _shagger_ (1839 in chips)
Seat 5: Rotter001 (3839.50 in chips)
Seat 8: _goldberg (2126 in chips)
Seat 9: Pow_gp (2195.50 in chips)
Rotter001: posts small blind 50
_goldberg: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pow_gp [Jc Ks]
Pow_gp: raises to 700
_shagger_: folds
Rotter001: folds
_goldberg: calls 600
----- FLOP ----- [7c Th 5d]
_goldberg: checks
Pow_gp: bets 400
_goldberg: calls 400
----- TURN ----- [7c Th 5d][9h]
_goldberg: checks
Pow_gp: checks
----- RIVER ----- [7c Th 5d 9h][Js]
_goldberg: bets 1026 and is all-in
Pow_gp: folds

------HAND 37------
Game #3187994294: Hold'em NL (50/100) - 2006/08/09 - 22:44:35 (UK)
Table "STT 3221834 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 1: _shagger_ (1839 in chips)
Seat 5: Rotter001 (3789.50 in chips)
Seat 8: _goldberg (3376 in chips)
Seat 9: Pow_gp (995.50 in chips)
Pow_gp: posts small blind 50
_shagger_: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Pow_gp [Ad 2d]
Rotter001: calls 100
_goldberg: folds
Pow_gp: raises to 995.50 and is all-in
_shagger_: folds
Rotter001: calls 895.50
----- FLOP ----- [8d 5s Qh]
----- TURN ----- [8d 5s Qh][Qs]
----- RIVER ----- [8d 5s Qh Qs][5d]

[LimpinAintEZ]

raising with a marginal hand is one thing - Overbetting (7xBB with KJoff) is a horrible thing - Also, calling an all in with AJoff is bad news....

Your really in love with marginal hands, from what these histories are saying - tighten up a bit and don't splash around so much - KJ is a good hand 4 handed, but early in a tourney your in trouble if you get any action with it -

[marmot]

Thanks. Was trying to play more aggressive on the bubble. Guess I overegged it

[taipan168]

1. Depends on reads, could be a call or a fold depending on how tight UTG has been playing. It is +EV if UTG pushes wider than 44+,A8o+,A5s+,KJs+. He is shortstack and the blinds are about to hit him. With your stack size I think I tend to call here but it could go either way.

2. Limpin said it, don't raise so much preflop. 4-handed I don't hate raising with KJo but make it 250-275, it just keeps the pot smaller for any subsequent c-bets if you don't hit. For example, because you raised 700 there is 1450 in the pot on the flop and you bet 400 or 1/4 of the pot, not enough for a c-bet. If you had raised 275 there would be 600 in the pot and a good c-bet size would be 300-350.

3. Depends on reads on the UTG limper, if he/she can find the fold button I think this is OK, if he/she has limped monster hands before then let it go.

[tcpj4]

Hand 2 you played really weird (the other two are judgement calls, based on reads, etc. AJ is probably too loose to call that, though. The guy is just barely in push/fold mode. He's not going to be pushing every hand. Calling AI is not being more aggressive on the bubble).

Why the huge PF raise with KJ? You're only getting called by hands that dominate you/edge you in a coinflip. A 3-4x bb raise will do the same thing for significantly less (also gives less about your hand). Then the weakish probe bet on the flop, line smells tons like missed overcards, the turn would be a great spot for goldberg to push and pick up the pot. When you check behind, if goldberg is paying any attention at all he's probably pushing every non-a/k river. Well played by him (though he should have pushed flop or turn imo).