I don't think I'm getting any better (trimmed tourney)

[Pants_101]

If anyone has time to take a look that would be great. Do I compete well enough for marginal hands? Do I gamble too much? Towards the end I think I made many pushes that would be -ev in sngtools but when my M is low I will only let my stack decline to a certain extent before I start open pushing with a big range - any comments?

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---Statistics---
Data for 71 hands.
You played 22 hands (30.99%).
You raised 12 times preflop (16.90%).




-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #6499048050: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:46:21 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1500 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 10
HappyMolly: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [5h 5s]
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 20
PRE2RIA: raises 20 to 40
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 40
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 20
Hero: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [3h 3c Td]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
*** TURN *** [3h 3c Td] [2c]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: bets 60
HappyMolly: folds
Hero: calls 60
PRE2RIA: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [3h 3c Td 2c] [9d]
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [5h 5s] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
PRE2RIA: mucks hand
oldsguul69: mucks hand
Hero collected 350 from pot

I couldn't see the 2 helping so should I reraise?

[5h 2h] UTG (M=58.33; F)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 58.33
PokerStars Game #6499062569: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:48:54 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1380 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1420 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1750 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1380 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1580 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc 7c]
PRE2RIA: calls 20
sky1974: calls 20
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 20
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 20
bigrich3: calls 10
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 9h Jc]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
sky1974: checks
oldsguul69: checks
HappyMolly: bets 80
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: calls 80
sky1974: folds
oldsguul69: folds
*** TURN *** [3s 9h Jc] [6h]
PRE2RIA: bets 80
HappyMolly: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [3s 9h Jc 6h] [Qs]
PRE2RIA: bets 120
HappyMolly: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PRE2RIA: shows [Jd 9c] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
HappyMolly: mucks hand
PRE2RIA collected 680 from pot


-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 57.67
PokerStars Game #6499073514: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:50:50 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1730 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1760 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1560 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7d Kc]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 20
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 20
Hero: calls 10
PRE2RIA: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4c 6h]
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
bigrich3: bets 80
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: folds
oldsguul69: folds
bigrich3 collected 80 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand

7-1 enough with K7?

[4d Jh] BU (M=57.00; c+c+f+f+f+c+F)
[Kh 2c] CO (M=57.00; c+r+c+f+c+F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 57.00
PokerStars Game #6499096151: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:54:51 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2030 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1450 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1350 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1710 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1720 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1420 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1280 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 10
oldsguul69: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kh Jc]
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 20
Hero: calls 20
PRE2RIA: calls 20
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: checks
*** FLOP *** [5h 2h 3s]
oldsguul69: checks
bigrich3: bets 100
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: folds
oldsguul69: folds
bigrich3 collected 90 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand

[Kc 6s] MP2 (M=56.33; f+f+f+F)
[2c 7d] MP1 (M=37.56; f+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 37.56
PokerStars Game #6499111028: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 16:57:30 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1920 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1540 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1420 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1690 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1730 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1420 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1450 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1250 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 15
HappyMolly: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9c Tc]
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 60 to 90
PRE2RIA: calls 90
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [As Ac 4d]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: bets 150
PRE2RIA: folds
HappyMolly: folds
Hero collected 285 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Speculative but I quite like the occasional raise like this when its still cheap. A chance to win straight away and then a chance to win on the flop too plus the small chance of a monster flop. Not to be overdone of course. Is this a matter of taste or does tight ABC poker always prevail?
[As Tc] UTG (M=41.89; F)
[3s Kd] BB (M=41.89; f+c+c+c+r+f+c+c+F)
[9d Tc] SB (M=41.22; f+f+c+c+f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 40.89
PokerStars Game #6499139624: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 17:02:52 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2075 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1525 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (915 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (980 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1840 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1610 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2155 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1420 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (980 in chips)
PRE2RIA: posts small blind 15
sky1974: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kh 8s]
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 30
PRE2RIA: calls 15
sky1974: checks
*** FLOP *** [3h Kd Ac]
PRE2RIA: bets 60
sky1974: folds
Hero: calls 60
*** TURN *** [3h Kd Ac] [5s]
PRE2RIA: bets 30
Hero: calls 30
*** RIVER *** [3h Kd Ac 5s] [Qc]
PRE2RIA: checks
Hero: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PRE2RIA: shows [3c 7s] (a pair of Threes)
Hero: shows [Kh 8s] (a pair of Kings)
Hero collected 270 from pot

The wierd turn bet kind of threw me off. I assume I should just raise him? I thought if he was chasing some weird inside straight the Q might have filled it but I think now that's too timid, could maybe made a few more chips on the river?

[4c Qs] CO (M=44.22; f+f+f+r+f+F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 44.22
PokerStars Game #6499152048: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 17:05:21 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2075 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1525 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (405 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (980 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1990 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2110 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1945 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (980 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 15
oldsguul69: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Kd]
aplanib: calls 30
jdrunnels: calls 30
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 30
Hero: raises 170 to 200
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: calls 170
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 9s Th]
aplanib: checks
Hero: bets 350
aplanib: folds
Hero collected 505 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Might it be worth trying to trap here?

[4d 3s] MP2 (M=30.60; f+f+f+F)
[3c 9d] MP1 (M=30.60; f+r+F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 30.60
PokerStars Game #6499167393: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/02 - 17:08:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1800 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1445 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (405 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1025 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2295 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: sky1974 (2310 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1930 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (800 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 25
HappyMolly: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah Kd]
PRE2RIA has returned
bigrich3: calls 50
Hero: raises 150 to 200
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Td 4s 6h]
bigrich3: bets 825 and is all-in
Hero: folds
bigrich3 collected 475 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand

I really wanted to call, what could he be holding here? Could be a medium pair I guess

[4c 5s] UTG (M=27.93; F)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 27.93
PokerStars Game #6499183884: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/02 - 17:11:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1400 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (155 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1250 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2095 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1930 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (800 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 25
Hero: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jh 4d]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 50
aplanib: calls 50
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 25
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 9d Tc]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
oldsguul69: checks
aplanib: bets 50
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib collected 200 from pot
aplanib: doesn't show hand

[4h 7h] SB (M=27.27; f+f+f+r+f+p+f+F)
[8c 8d] BU (M=26.93; f+r+f+f+f+F)
Big raise
[2s Qc] CO (M=26.93; f+f+f+f+F)
[7c 2d] MP2 (M=26.93; c+f+f+F)
[2h 8s] MP1 (M=26.93; f+f+F)
[5c 6h] UTG+1 (M=13.47; f+F)
[Kh Qc] UTG (M=13.47; F)
[2c 4c] BB (M=13.47; r+f+f+f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 12.80
PokerStars Game #6499224003: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:18:42 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1050 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1920 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1715 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1955 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (700 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 50
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8d 9c]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 50
PRE2RIA: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c Qs 4h]
Hero: bets 120
PRE2RIA: folds
Hero collected 200 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

I like to limp in with a weakish hand when it's going to be HU because often the pot can be taken down on the flop. Might it be better to raise more aggressively though? People sometimes seem to think they should defend their blind so call a raise but then fold if they miss the flop?

[Jd 7h] BU (M=13.47; c+p+f+f+c+F)

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 13.47
PokerStars Game #6499234768: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:20:42 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2020 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (565 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2860 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1855 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 50
Grassman4321: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8d Th]
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 200 to 300
PRE2RIA: raises 265 to 565 and is all-in
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero: calls 265
*** FLOP *** [9h Kc 6c]
*** TURN *** [9h Kc 6c] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [9h Kc 6c 5s] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [8d Th] (a pair of Kings)
PRE2RIA: shows [3h 3s] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
PRE2RIA collected 1280 from pot

Hmm my steal goes wrong, but I felt I was priced in to call. I guess I should have been reluctant to steal with a weak hand with a small stack still to act.

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 9.70
PokerStars Game #6499240002: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:21:40 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1455 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1280 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1755 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 50
aplanib: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Th As]
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 100
Hero: raises 200 to 300
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
aplanib: calls 200
bigrich3: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kd Ac]
aplanib: checks
bigrich3: checks
Hero: bets 350
aplanib: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero collected 950 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

My M is dropping so my range is widening, I thought this was just about good enough to raise and then a nice scary flop to bet

[Jh Qc] UTG+1 (M=14.03; r+F)
[9d 4h] UTG (M=14.03; F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 14.03
PokerStars Game #6499252983: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:24:05 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1120 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (2550 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2105 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1280 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3635 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 50
Hero: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8s 3h]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 100
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 50
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5h 8d]
bigrich3: bets 100
Hero: calls 100
Grassman4321: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Qc 5h 8d] [Ac]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 700
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 600 from pot

Perhaps not worth a call, I'm losing to any Q and basically any 8

[5h 4s] SB (M=12.70; f+c+p+f+F)
[5s Qh] BU (M=12.37; f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 8.24
PokerStars Game #6499270242: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:27:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1370 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (650 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1855 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (880 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3935 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 75
Grassman4321: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9c Kd]
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 250 to 400
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 375 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[3c As] MP1 (M=9.24; f+F)

-----Hand 15-----
Hero's M = 9.24
PokerStars Game #6499274674: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:28:10 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1520 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (650 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2080 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (880 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4735 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3635 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 75
bigrich3: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Ac]
Hero: raises 250 to 400
PRE2RIA: raises 480 to 880 and is all-in
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 500 and is all-in
Hero: calls 480
*** FLOP *** [9c 9h 5s]
*** TURN *** [9c 9h 5s] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [9c 9h 5s 8h] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Nines)
PRE2RIA: shows [7s 7c] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
PRE2RIA collected 460 from side pot
bigrich3: shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Nines)
bigrich3 is sitting out
PRE2RIA collected 2025 from main pot

Damn that would have been a nice pot to win. I assume this is an easy call?

[2s 8d] SB (M=5.33; f+c+f+F)
[7s 4c] BU (M=5.00; f+r+F)

-----Hand 16-----
Hero's M = 5.00
PokerStars Game #6499283835: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:29:55 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1670 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1125 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (2260 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4585 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3860 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 75
Grassman4321: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ac 4c]
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 975 to 1125 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 375 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

I really don't like my stack to drop below 1000 with these blinds so I am prepared to open push with a fairly wide range. I'd rather gamble than be blinded down to a point where even doubling through doesn't really help me, but I know this may be contentious (or stupid )

[Jd Qc] UTG (M=6.00; F)
[5h Jh] BB (Folded to Hero.)
[9s 8s] SB (M=6.33; f+f+p+F)
[7c 5s] BU (M=6.00; c+f+F)
[5d 9h] CO (M=6.00; f+F)
[5d 6d] UTG (M=6.00; F)
[Jc 3h] BB (M=6.00; f+f+f+p+F)
[Jd 5s] SB (M=5.33; f+c+f+F)
[9h Qd] BU (M=5.00; c+f+F)

-----Hand 17-----
Hero's M = 3.75
PokerStars Game #6499319938: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:36:37 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1670 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1125 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3310 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3235 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (4160 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 100
Grassman4321: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8c Qc]
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 925 to 1125 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 500 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[Ts 7d] UTG (M=4.75; F)

-----Hand 18-----
Hero's M = 4.75
PokerStars Game #6499323466: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:37:16 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1770 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1425 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3310 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3135 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3860 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d Qs]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 200
jdrunnels: calls 100
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 7s Kh]
jdrunnels: checks
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 600
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 600 from pot

Can I combat the big stack pushing me about? It's tough going I'm the shortest stack and we're not even on the bubble...

[3c 8s] SB (M=4.08; f+f+p+F)
[Th 7d] BU (M=3.75; f+f+F)
[9h Qd] CO (M=3.75; p+F)
[9h 6c] UTG (M=3.75; F)
[4s 2c] BB (M=3.75; f+r+f+f+F)

-----Hand 19-----
Hero's M = 3.08
PokerStars Game #6499338630: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:40:08 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2170 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (925 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3010 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3960 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 100
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ks Td]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 725 to 925 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: calls 725
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2s 7c]
*** TURN *** [Ac 2s 7c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 2s 7c 4d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Ks Td] (a pair of Fours)
PRE2RIA: shows [Ts Qc] (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
Hero collected 1850 from pot

With an M of 3 this is plenty good enough for me, a bit of luck dominating my caller too

[4d 9s] BU (M=6.17; c+f+F)
[Js 6s] CO (M=6.17; f+F)
[Qs 7c] UTG (M=6.17; F)

-----Hand 20-----
Hero's M = 6.17
PokerStars Game #6499352032: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:42:43 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1970 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1850 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1085 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5160 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d 3h]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 200
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h Td 6d]
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 400
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 500 from pot

There he goes again. Who would check raise or is that just too aggressive with only a gutshot?

[7c 8h] SB (M=5.50; f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 21-----
Hero's M = 5.17
PokerStars Game #6499357993: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:43:51 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2170 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1550 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (885 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5460 in chips)
PRE2RIA: posts small blind 100
sky1974: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ks 4c]
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 1350 to 1550 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Hero collected 500 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Trying to pressure the small stack, taking my chances with sky.

[2c Jd] CO (M=6.17; f+F)
[7d Qc] UTG (M=6.17; F)

-----Hand 22-----
Hero's M = 6.17
PokerStars Game #6499363769: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:44:58 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2270 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1850 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1085 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3135 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5160 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jh Ac]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: raises 400 to 600
Hero: raises 1250 to 1850 and is all-in
jdrunnels: calls 1250
*** FLOP *** [8s 6d 9h]
*** TURN *** [8s 6d 9h] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [8s 6d 9h 2s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jdrunnels: shows [6c Ah] (a pair of Sixes)
Hero: shows [Jh Ac] (high card Ace)
jdrunnels collected 3700 from pot

Brilliant, I think I'm back in it. But alas no. Cruel game sometimes. I've included comments by hands to show my thought processes to hopefully generate a little discussion or at least so people can explain to me the error of my ways! Thanks to anyone who takes a look

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[caesar66]

Hand 1 - I probably lead the turn. It seems pretty obvious no one had a 10. So the 2 is unlikely to have helped anyone. I think check calling is the worst thing you can do because you have no idea where you are in the hand.

Hand 3 - Limping K-7 is fine, it only costs u 10, & check fold the flop when you don't hit.

Hand 4 - Meh, I am not a big fan of limping K-J from MP as you have to dump it if anyone raises you.

Hand 5 - I hate this raise. You are UTG+1 with 9-10 suited. I play much tighter earlier. You are lucky your opponent didn't hit this flop as you could easily have lost a lot of chips on a nothing hand.

Hand 6 - K-8?? Either raise this to steal the blinds or fold, this hand is far too weak to limp with from the button. At these blind levels, I fold this even on the button. I think you were lucky here that your opponent only raised small, but even then, I would have folded, in most cases your opponent holds a better K or an Ace & you have lost chips for nothing.

Hand 7
Nicely played, I would raise it approx the same on both. You were right not to trap with Kings. It is likely your opponent has either an Ace or a PP & the last thing you want to give is a free card that might beat you.

Hand 8
Meh, I would probably fold this, all you have is Ace high. Unless you have a read that your opponent will do a stop & go with any 2 cards, this is a fold.

Hand 10
I dont mind the limp, at these levels I generally prefer a raise, but you have a decent hand so its an ok limp. However I hate the flop bet, 120 into a 200 pot??? That seems awfully weak to me, bet the pot here - 200.

Hand 11
I don't think I would raise 8-10 with 3 people to act unless I had a stack to gamble with. You don't really. As played its an easy call.

Hand 12
After a limper, I dump A-10 here, esp with 4 people still to act. Anyone who calls you likely has you beat. You were lucky on the flop. If your reraised here preflop you have to fold & you have just wasted a quarter of your chips. I would just bet this flop, - though I would bet more like half the pot - as well, theres enough in the pot to be a solid increase in your stack.

Hand 13
What are you doing calling a bet with 8-3???? With a hand as junky as this, I need to hit at least 2 pair to continue playing.

Hand 15
I call this all day, you are against 2 short stacks & your calling 480 into a pot thats 1500, into a pot thats closed, 3-1 odds, you should win the pot 1 in 3 times with A-K.

Hand 16
Meh A-4 is a little lower than I'd like for the push, but its not horrible. As long as you realize if someone calls you, you are likely dominated.

Hand 18
Check fold. If you are going to push, do it pre flop. However I would just check fold this hand as well.

Hand 19
Fine, I would have pushed here too

Hand 20
Fold, dont worry about the big stack, worry about your stack & doubling up

Hand 21
Meh, I am not sure about everyone, but K-4. Seems a bit of a loose push. This would seem to be -EV to me.

Hand 22
I play it the same. A-J is plenty good enough for me to push over his raise. Unlucky to lose when you had him dominated.

[Pants_101]

Thanks Caesar, a few questions:

Hand 6 - K-8?? Either raise this to steal the blinds or fold, this hand is far too weak to limp with from the button. At these blind levels, I fold this even on the button. I think you were lucky here that your opponent only raised small, but even then, I would have folded, in most cases your opponent holds a better K or an Ace & you have lost chips for nothing.

But is my hand not better than random which is what the blinds will play? is it not ok to use my position on them to try to win some money without needed to commit many chips pre flop?

Hand 7
Nicely played, I would raise it approx the same on both. You were right not to trap with Kings. It is likely your opponent has either an Ace or a PP & the last thing you want to give is a free card that might beat you.

It's true I don't want to get drawn out on but if he has an Ace or a PP he is drawing to 2 or 3 outs which is fairly unlikely and might I not get an extra bet out of him if I just check and he has a PP? I wonder if long term this makes a bit more money

Hand 21
Meh, I am not sure about everyone, but K-4. Seems a bit of a loose push. This would seem to be -EV to me.

I'm not at all sure what the balence is between making only +ev pushes against the fact you may not get any +ev pushes to make! At some points I have to push to keep my stack large enough to be of any use and at the moment if I get a high card and it's folded to me in latish position I am thinking about making a push. Table dependant of course. Maybe if I just sat tight and ate the blinds I might get a decent hand finally but would I get called? Would I have enough chips so that the double up puts me in contention?

Thanks again

[marmot]

Just a comment that has been covered many times before but at the $5's you should, generally, be folding everything except really premium hands at levels 1-3. K7o and KJo, Level 1 for example, is far too loose here IMO

[caesar66]

Thanks Caesar, a few questions:

Hand 6 - K-8?? Either raise this to steal the blinds or fold, this hand is far too weak to limp with from the button. At these blind levels, I fold this even on the button. I think you were lucky here that your opponent only raised small, but even then, I would have folded, in most cases your opponent holds a better K or an Ace & you have lost chips for nothing.

But is my hand not better than random which is what the blinds will play? is it not ok to use my position on them to try to win some money without needed to commit many chips pre flop?

Yes your hand is better than 2 random hands, but if you don't raise, both blinds could literally have any 2 and if you are played back at on the flop, you have no idea where you stand. Which is why I would either raise or fold here rather than limp.

[Da GOAT]

If anyone has time to take a look that would be great. Do I compete well enough for marginal hands? Do I gamble too much? Towards the end I think I made many pushes that would be -ev in sngtools but when my M is low I will only let my stack decline to a certain extent before I start open pushing with a big range - any comments?

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---Statistics---
Data for 71 hands.
You played 22 hands (30.99%).
You raised 12 times preflop (16.90%).




-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #6499048050: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:46:21 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1500 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 10
HappyMolly: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [5h 5s]
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 20
PRE2RIA: raises 20 to 40
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 40
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 20
Hero: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [3h 3c Td]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
*** TURN *** [3h 3c Td] [2c]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: bets 60
HappyMolly: folds
Hero: calls 60
PRE2RIA: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [3h 3c Td 2c] [9d]
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [5h 5s] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
PRE2RIA: mucks hand
oldsguul69: mucks hand
Hero collected 350 from pot


i easily bet out on the turn and quit to resistance.

I couldn't see the 2 helping so should I reraise?

[5h 2h] UTG (M=58.33; F)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 58.33
PokerStars Game #6499062569: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:48:54 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1380 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1420 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1750 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1380 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1580 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc 7c]
PRE2RIA: calls 20
sky1974: calls 20
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 20
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 20
bigrich3: calls 10
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 9h Jc]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
sky1974: checks
oldsguul69: checks
HappyMolly: bets 80
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: calls 80
sky1974: folds
oldsguul69: folds
*** TURN *** [3s 9h Jc] [6h]
PRE2RIA: bets 80
HappyMolly: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [3s 9h Jc 6h] [Qs]
PRE2RIA: bets 120
HappyMolly: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PRE2RIA: shows [Jd 9c] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
HappyMolly: mucks hand
PRE2RIA collected 680 from pot


-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 57.67
PokerStars Game #6499073514: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:50:50 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1400 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1730 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1760 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1560 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7d Kc]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 20
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 20
Hero: calls 10
PRE2RIA: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4c 6h]
Hero: checks
PRE2RIA: checks
oldsguul69: checks
bigrich3: bets 80
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: folds
oldsguul69: folds
bigrich3 collected 80 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand


i personally just fold shite in SB early on. but with limpers and passive BB its fine.

7-1 enough with K7?

[4d Jh] BU (M=57.00; c+c+f+f+f+c+F)
[Kh 2c] CO (M=57.00; c+r+c+f+c+F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 57.00
PokerStars Game #6499096151: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/02 - 16:54:51 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2030 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1450 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1350 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1710 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1720 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1420 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1280 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 10
oldsguul69: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kh Jc]
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 20
Hero: calls 20
PRE2RIA: calls 20
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: checks
*** FLOP *** [5h 2h 3s]
oldsguul69: checks
bigrich3: bets 100
Hero: folds
PRE2RIA: folds
oldsguul69: folds
bigrich3 collected 90 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand


sing with me fold,fold,fold,fold

[Kc 6s] MP2 (M=56.33; f+f+f+F)
[2c 7d] MP1 (M=37.56; f+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 37.56
PokerStars Game #6499111028: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 16:57:30 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1920 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1540 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (1080 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1420 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1690 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1730 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (1420 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1450 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (1250 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 15
HappyMolly: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9c Tc]
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 60 to 90
PRE2RIA: calls 90
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [As Ac 4d]
HappyMolly: checks
Hero: bets 150
PRE2RIA: folds
HappyMolly: folds
Hero collected 285 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Speculative but I quite like the occasional raise like this when its still cheap. A chance to win straight away and then a chance to win on the flop too plus the small chance of a monster flop. Not to be overdone of course. Is this a matter of taste or does tight ABC poker always prevail?


FPS but you need to play postflop well. EP i dont get fancy, you want position to play this way.


[As Tc] UTG (M=41.89; F)
[3s Kd] BB (M=41.89; f+c+c+c+r+f+c+c+F)
[9d Tc] SB (M=41.22; f+f+c+c+f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 40.89
PokerStars Game #6499139624: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 17:02:52 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2075 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1525 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (915 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (980 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1840 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1610 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2155 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1420 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (980 in chips)
PRE2RIA: posts small blind 15
sky1974: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kh 8s]
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 30
PRE2RIA: calls 15
sky1974: checks
*** FLOP *** [3h Kd Ac]
PRE2RIA: bets 60
sky1974: folds
Hero: calls 60
*** TURN *** [3h Kd Ac] [5s]
PRE2RIA: bets 30
Hero: calls 30
*** RIVER *** [3h Kd Ac 5s] [Qc]
PRE2RIA: checks
Hero: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PRE2RIA: shows [3c 7s] (a pair of Threes)
Hero: shows [Kh 8s] (a pair of Kings)
Hero collected 270 from pot

The wierd turn bet kind of threw me off. I assume I should just raise him? I thought if he was chasing some weird inside straight the Q might have filled it but I think now that's too timid, could maybe made a few more chips on the river?

fold pf,fold pf...........as played of course you call these shite bets

[4c Qs] CO (M=44.22; f+f+f+r+f+F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 44.22
PokerStars Game #6499152048: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/02 - 17:05:21 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (2075 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1525 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (405 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (980 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1990 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2110 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1945 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (980 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 15
oldsguul69: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Kd]
aplanib: calls 30
jdrunnels: calls 30
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 30
Hero: raises 170 to 200
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: calls 170
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 9s Th]
aplanib: checks
Hero: bets 350
aplanib: folds
Hero collected 505 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Might it be worth trying to trap here?

do not trap, need flop to be rainbow and no str8 possibilities to do it and even then at this level its more profitable to bet. tho i the sng experiment you could check flop on board i mentioned.

[4d 3s] MP2 (M=30.60; f+f+f+F)
[3c 9d] MP1 (M=30.60; f+r+F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 30.60
PokerStars Game #6499167393: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/02 - 17:08:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1800 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1445 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (405 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1025 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2295 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: sky1974 (2310 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1930 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (800 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 25
HappyMolly: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah Kd]
PRE2RIA has returned
bigrich3: calls 50
Hero: raises 150 to 200
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Td 4s 6h]
bigrich3: bets 825 and is all-in
Hero: folds
bigrich3 collected 475 from pot
bigrich3: doesn't show hand

I really wanted to call, what could he be holding here? Could be a medium pair I guess

really wanted to call, why? the right play is fold bar a good read. why not be happy to make the correct play.
[4c 5s] UTG (M=27.93; F)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 27.93
PokerStars Game #6499183884: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/02 - 17:11:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1400 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1420 in chips)
Seat 3: HappyMolly (155 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1250 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2095 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1930 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (800 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 25
Hero: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jh 4d]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: calls 50
aplanib: calls 50
jdrunnels: folds
HappyMolly: folds
bigrich3: calls 25
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 9d Tc]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
oldsguul69: checks
aplanib: bets 50
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib collected 200 from pot
aplanib: doesn't show hand

[4h 7h] SB (M=27.27; f+f+f+r+f+p+f+F)
[8c 8d] BU (M=26.93; f+r+f+f+f+F)
Big raise

even a small raise i wudnt bother without other limpers.

[2s Qc] CO (M=26.93; f+f+f+f+F)
[7c 2d] MP2 (M=26.93; c+f+f+F)
[2h 8s] MP1 (M=26.93; f+f+F)
[5c 6h] UTG+1 (M=13.47; f+F)
[Kh Qc] UTG (M=13.47; F)
[2c 4c] BB (M=13.47; r+f+f+f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 12.80
PokerStars Game #6499224003: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:18:42 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (1050 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1920 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1715 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1955 in chips)
Seat 9: oldsguul69 (700 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 50
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8d 9c]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
oldsguul69: folds
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: calls 50
PRE2RIA: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c Qs 4h]
Hero: bets 120
PRE2RIA: folds
Hero collected 200 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

I like to limp in with a weakish hand when it's going to be HU because often the pot can be taken down on the flop. Might it be better to raise more aggressively though? People sometimes seem to think they should defend their blind so call a raise but then fold if they miss the flop?

hmm many ways to play pf

[Jd 7h] BU (M=13.47; c+p+f+f+c+F)

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 13.47
PokerStars Game #6499234768: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:20:42 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2020 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (565 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2860 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1855 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 50
Grassman4321: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8d Th]
aplanib: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 200 to 300
PRE2RIA: raises 265 to 565 and is all-in
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero: calls 265
*** FLOP *** [9h Kc 6c]
*** TURN *** [9h Kc 6c] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [9h Kc 6c 5s] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [8d Th] (a pair of Kings)
PRE2RIA: shows [3h 3s] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
PRE2RIA collected 1280 from pot

Hmm my steal goes wrong, but I felt I was priced in to call. I guess I should have been reluctant to steal with a weak hand with a small stack still to act.

stealing here with small stack beside isnt great move. see the sng experiment for i think it was fjuanal comments when flying saucy was small stack.

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 9.70
PokerStars Game #6499240002: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:21:40 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1455 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1280 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1755 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 50
aplanib: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Th As]
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 100
Hero: raises 200 to 300
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
aplanib: calls 200
bigrich3: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kd Ac]
aplanib: checks
bigrich3: checks
Hero: bets 350
aplanib: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero collected 950 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

My M is dropping so my range is widening, I thought this was just about good enough to raise and then a nice scary flop to bet

i think this was poor pf play. if your raising you need to make it 350-400 now, plus you would almost be commiting to it on flop. do you really want to do that?
You havent mentioned a range for the limper either which concerns me if you just looked at you hand and used it as the only factor in this situation. calling is the worst play while folding is fine.
also your position aint great with many behind.
please quote this hand separatly and ill discuss.

[Jh Qc] UTG+1 (M=14.03; r+F)
[9d 4h] UTG (M=14.03; F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 14.03
PokerStars Game #6499252983: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:24:05 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1120 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (2550 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2105 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1280 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3635 in chips)
bigrich3: posts small blind 50
Hero: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8s 3h]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 100
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 50
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5h 8d]
bigrich3: bets 100
Hero: calls 100
Grassman4321: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Qc 5h 8d] [Ac]
bigrich3: checks
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 700
bigrich3: folds
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 600 from pot

Perhaps not worth a call, I'm losing to any Q and basically any 8

indeed

[5h 4s] SB (M=12.70; f+c+p+f+F)
[5s Qh] BU (M=12.37; f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 8.24
PokerStars Game #6499270242: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:27:20 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1370 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (650 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1855 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (880 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3935 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 75
Grassman4321: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9c Kd]
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero: raises 250 to 400
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 375 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

too loose for me with small stack beside me, need reads

[3c As] MP1 (M=9.24; f+F)

-----Hand 15-----
Hero's M = 9.24
PokerStars Game #6499274674: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:28:10 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1520 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (650 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2080 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (880 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4735 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3635 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 75
bigrich3: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Ac]
Hero: raises 250 to 400
PRE2RIA: raises 480 to 880 and is all-in
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 500 and is all-in
Hero: calls 480
*** FLOP *** [9c 9h 5s]
*** TURN *** [9c 9h 5s] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [9c 9h 5s 8h] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Nines)
PRE2RIA: shows [7s 7c] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
PRE2RIA collected 460 from side pot
bigrich3: shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Nines)
bigrich3 is sitting out
PRE2RIA collected 2025 from main pot

Damn that would have been a nice pot to win. I assume this is an easy call?

[2s 8d] SB (M=5.33; f+c+f+F)
[7s 4c] BU (M=5.00; f+r+F)

-----Hand 16-----
Hero's M = 5.00
PokerStars Game #6499283835: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/02 - 17:29:55 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1670 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1125 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (2260 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (4585 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3860 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 75
Grassman4321: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ac 4c]
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 975 to 1125 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 375 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

I really don't like my stack to drop below 1000 with these blinds so I am prepared to open push with a fairly wide range. I'd rather gamble than be blinded down to a point where even doubling through doesn't really help me, but I know this may be contentious (or stupid )

i think its fine

[Jd Qc] UTG (M=6.00; F)
[5h Jh] BB (Folded to Hero.)
[9s 8s] SB (M=6.33; f+f+p+F)
[7c 5s] BU (M=6.00; c+f+F)
[5d 9h] CO (M=6.00; f+F)
[5d 6d] UTG (M=6.00; F)
[Jc 3h] BB (M=6.00; f+f+f+p+F)
[Jd 5s] SB (M=5.33; f+c+f+F)
[9h Qd] BU (M=5.00; c+f+F)

-----Hand 17-----
Hero's M = 3.75
PokerStars Game #6499319938: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:36:37 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1670 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1125 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3310 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3235 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (4160 in chips)
sky1974: posts small blind 100
Grassman4321: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8c Qc]
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 925 to 1125 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
Hero collected 500 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

[Ts 7d] UTG (M=4.75; F)

-----Hand 18-----
Hero's M = 4.75
PokerStars Game #6499323466: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:37:16 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1770 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1425 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3310 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3135 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3860 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d Qs]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 200
jdrunnels: calls 100
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 7s Kh]
jdrunnels: checks
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 600
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 600 from pot

Can I combat the big stack pushing me about? It's tough going I'm the shortest stack and we're not even on the bubble...

may push pf, maybe just tho.

[3c 8s] SB (M=4.08; f+f+p+F)
[Th 7d] BU (M=3.75; f+f+F)

easy push

[9h Qd] CO (M=3.75; p+F) WTF does the p mean

[9h 6c] UTG (M=3.75; F)

push

[4s 2c] BB (M=3.75; f+r+f+f+F)

-----Hand 19-----
Hero's M = 3.08
PokerStars Game #6499338630: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:40:08 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2170 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (925 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (3010 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (3960 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 100
PRE2RIA: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ks Td]
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 725 to 925 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: calls 725
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2s 7c]
*** TURN *** [Ac 2s 7c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 2s 7c 4d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [Ks Td] (a pair of Fours)
PRE2RIA: shows [Ts Qc] (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
Hero collected 1850 from pot

With an M of 3 this is plenty good enough for me, a bit of luck dominating my caller too

[4d 9s] BU (M=6.17; c+f+F)
[Js 6s] CO (M=6.17; f+F)
[Qs 7c] UTG (M=6.17; F)

-----Hand 20-----
Hero's M = 6.17
PokerStars Game #6499352032: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:42:43 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1970 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1850 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1085 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5160 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9d 3h]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: calls 200
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h Td 6d]
Hero: checks
Grassman4321: bets 400
Hero: folds
Grassman4321 collected 500 from pot

There he goes again. Who would check raise or is that just too aggressive with only a gutshot?

[7c 8h] SB (M=5.50; f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 21-----
Hero's M = 5.17
PokerStars Game #6499357993: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:43:51 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2170 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1550 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (885 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3435 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5460 in chips)
PRE2RIA: posts small blind 100
sky1974: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ks 4c]
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: folds
Hero: raises 1350 to 1550 and is all-in
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Hero collected 500 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

Trying to pressure the small stack, taking my chances with sky.


hmm its close

[2c Jd] CO (M=6.17; f+F)
[7d Qc] UTG (M=6.17; F)

-----Hand 22-----
Hero's M = 6.17
PokerStars Game #6499363769: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/10/02 - 17:44:58 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: jdrunnels (2270 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1850 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1085 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (3135 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (5160 in chips)
jdrunnels: posts small blind 100
Hero: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jh Ac]
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
jdrunnels: raises 400 to 600
Hero: raises 1250 to 1850 and is all-in
jdrunnels: calls 1250
*** FLOP *** [8s 6d 9h]
*** TURN *** [8s 6d 9h] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [8s 6d 9h 2s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jdrunnels: shows [6c Ah] (a pair of Sixes)
Hero: shows [Jh Ac] (high card Ace)
jdrunnels collected 3700 from pot

Brilliant, I think I'm back in it. But alas no. Cruel game sometimes. I've included comments by hands to show my thought processes to hopefully generate a little discussion or at least so people can explain to me the error of my ways! Thanks to anyone who takes a look

fine

The Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) was developed by JeffreyGB at http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com.

[Pants_101]

sing with me fold,fold,fold,fold

haha! Ok I will sing that song from now on. Well probably.

really wanted to call, why? the right play is fold bar a good read. why not be happy to make the correct play.

When people just go all in on me I always get suspicious and think they are bluffing. But I guess they aren't often enough to call without a read. I just remember the times they show the damn bluff and laugh at me

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 9.70
PokerStars Game #6499240002: Tournament #32998292, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/02 - 17:21:40 (ET)
Table '32998292 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: aplanib (1930 in chips)
Seat 2: jdrunnels (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: bigrich3 (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1455 in chips)
Seat 6: PRE2RIA (1280 in chips)
Seat 7: sky1974 (2810 in chips)
Seat 8: Grassman4321 (1755 in chips)
Grassman4321: posts small blind 50
aplanib: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Th As]
jdrunnels: folds
bigrich3: calls 100
Hero: raises 200 to 300
PRE2RIA: folds
sky1974: folds
Grassman4321: folds
aplanib: calls 200
bigrich3: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kd Ac]
aplanib: checks
bigrich3: checks
Hero: bets 350
aplanib: folds
bigrich3: folds
Hero collected 950 from pot
Hero: doesn't show hand

My M is dropping so my range is widening, I thought this was just about good enough to raise and then a nice scary flop to bet

i think this was poor pf play. if your raising you need to make it 350-400 now, plus you would almost be commiting to it on flop. do you really want to do that?
You havent mentioned a range for the limper either which concerns me if you just looked at you hand and used it as the only factor in this situation. calling is the worst play while folding is fine.
also your position aint great with many behind.
please quote this hand separatly and ill discuss.

You are right of course my thinking is still much too limited, it seems so difficult to put people on hands and work out what they might be from their bets. Always seems much easier in HOH What range would you put that limper on? 9 10s+ JQo+ 22+? I'm expecting a raise from AJo+ JJ+ ?

Th 7d] BU (M=3.75; f+f+F)

easy push

Really? I used to do this kind of thing but lately I thought I was being told to be much tighter. That may be on the bubble though. Or is it just that my M is so low?

I just played another one and was really tight in the 1st 3 levels, only played a couple of premium hands had about 2000 by level 4. Don't really pick up a hand during this level and don't try any steals. End up with 1500 chips when blinds are 150 and there are still 6 players in and I am second last. This is the situation I keep finding myself in and I'm really not doing well from it. I can't bully people with steal raises cos I am <10BB. So am I just waiting for a premium hand? But who will call a push if I am folding every hand? I think I'm trying too hard at this point and busting myself out. If I can start getting into the money from these positions I think I'll really improve my ROI

Anyway thanks daGoat

fold fold fold fold...

[Erudito]

Pants_101 wrote:

I can't bully people with steal raises cos I am <10BB. So am I just waiting for a premium hand? But who will call a push if I am folding every hand? I think I'm trying too hard at this point and busting myself out.

The key to SnGo is the ability to play short stacks. If you cannot play short stack well when the field thins out to 6 players then you are not going to be a consistent winner. Master the art of playing short stack and you will become a successful SnGo player.
Sure, we all want to play with a huge stack. But what if you are dealt AA and a donk calls you AA and flops a full house with T2. Your stack is cut down to 2X BB. Now what? How are you going to play the rest of the tourney? Give up and sign up in another tourney? Or are you going to fight like a tiger and win 1st place by turning around with a short stack? It is not impossible to make a come back, an old poker saying is this, "all you need is a chip and a chair". Let me tell you that a WSOP champion won a WSOP with one chip left in the final table. This is how the saying became popular.

[Pants_101]

The key to SnGo is the ability to play short stacks. If you cannot play short stack well when the field thins out to 6 players then you are not going to be a consistent winner. Master the art of playing short stack and you will become a successful SnGo player.

Yeah right on! This is what I am realising, I just don't know how to do it

[Da GOAT]

Pants_101 wrote:

I can't bully people with steal raises cos I am <10BB. So am I just waiting for a premium hand? But who will call a push if I am folding every hand? I think I'm trying too hard at this point and busting myself out.

The key to SnGo is the ability to play short stacks. If you cannot play short stack well when the field thins out to 6 players then you are not going to be a consistent winner. Master the art of playing short stack and you will become a successful SnGo player.
Sure, we all want to play with a huge stack. But what if you are dealt AA and a donk calls you AA and flops a full house with T2. Your stack is cut down to 2X BB. Now what? How are you going to play the rest of the tourney? Give up and sign up in another tourney? Or are you going to fight like a tiger and win 1st place by turning around with a short stack? It is not impossible to make a come back, an old poker saying is this, "all you need is a chip and a chair". Let me tell you that a WSOP champion won a WSOP with one chip left in the final table. This is how the saying became popular.

This is so true. you will find yourself so often with 10xBB when blinds are around 100-150. it is key that you survive and dog it out.

THough i say i defo dont use it enough SNGPT is key especially in the turbos i now play. you will a least get a feel for situations after studying HH.

[Pants_101]

So does SNGPT take into account stack sizes? Might an open push in the CO with say K10 be -ev with a big stack but +ev with a small stack? In other words does it consider M as well as cards, position and calling ranges?

[taipan168]

So does SNGPT take into account stack sizes? Might an open push in the CO with say K10 be -ev with a big stack but +ev with a small stack? In other words does it consider M as well as cards, position and calling ranges?

Yes it does. If you don't have it, download the trial version and have a play with it.

[Da GOAT]

So does SNGPT take into account stack sizes? Might an open push in the CO with say K10 be -ev with a big stack but +ev with a small stack? In other words does it consider M as well as cards, position and calling ranges?

it does it all bar one key thing............reads, ie your villians hand ranges. if you keep gettin gthis wrong itll hurt you.

you get better at it tho.

you say +EV vs Big stack, -EV vs Small stack. you just need to figure smaller stack will have a wider range depending on villian 2.

[Pants_101]

Right guess I better register it and start experimenting. By the way all this is just to lull you into a false sense of security before I go on the rampage in the Euro SNG experiment

[Da GOAT]

Right guess I better register it and start experimenting. By the way all this is just to lull you into a false sense of security before I go on the rampage in the Euro SNG experiment

its great tool, ive even forgotten how much it cost me.

You think you gonna pwn us do ye. haha!! Ive a file on you in my black book detailing your tendencies and hand ranges for thousands of situations.

[taipan168]

Right guess I better register it and start experimenting. By the way all this is just to lull you into a false sense of security before I go on the rampage in the Euro SNG experiment

Nah, the program is a piece of sh*t, don't get it

And Pants, I've loaded all the hands you've posted into PT so I'll have a REAL good read on you when we play!

(Seriously though, you guys are going to kick my arse because I have to play at 6am my time the morning after a big dinner with some colleagues out from South Africa).

[Pants_101]

Pants' pushing range - Any red cards

Pants' calling range - depends what's on tv

Random bets for the win!