5 hands

[jimmy44]

I just did a $5.5 SNG tourney on Stars where I think I've played bad. I've selected 5 hands on which I would like your comments.
Here they are:

Would you have raise more pre-flop?

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 48.67
PokerStars Game #6628480800: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/14 - 06:52:59 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1470 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1300 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (1680 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (1800 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: dnicebuck (1280 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1360 in chips)
Seat 9: funkyyan (1710 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
dnicebuck: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Ks]
ozlazza: folds
funkyyan: folds
c0smokramer: folds
KINGJOSE888: folds
postman57: folds
FXSTC323: folds
nallacm: folds
Hero: raises 40 to 60
dnicebuck: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [6d 6c 4s]
Hero: checks
dnicebuck: checks
*** TURN *** [6d 6c 4s] [Th]
Hero: bets 60
dnicebuck: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [6d 6c 4s Th] [9s]
Hero: bets 120
dnicebuck: raises 120 to 240
Hero: calls 120
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dnicebuck: shows [6s Kh] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Hero: mucks hand
dnicebuck collected 720 from pot



What would you do? call and hope to hit trips? raise to try and steal the blinds? fold?
For me the current level of blinds was not high enough to try and steal it ...

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 25.11
PokerStars Game #6628515323: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/10/14 - 07:02:49 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (1335 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1655 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1395 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (1795 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (1740 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (1130 in chips)
Seat 7: dnicebuck (1690 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1310 in chips)
Seat 9: funkyyan (1450 in chips)
dnicebuck: posts small blind 15
ozlazza: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [3s 3c]
funkyyan: folds
c0smokramer: folds
KINGJOSE888: folds
postman57: folds
FXSTC323: folds
nallacm: folds
Hero: ???


Do you think this is a good place to try and steal the blinds even if 4 players were left to act?

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 15.73
PokerStars Game #6628550135: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/14 - 07:12:37 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (2685 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1470 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1320 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (1410 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (1695 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (1180 in chips)
Seat 7: dnicebuck (465 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1530 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: funkyyan (1745 in chips)
funkyyan: posts small blind 25
c0smokramer: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9s Ah]
KINGJOSE888: folds
postman57: folds
FXSTC323: folds
nallacm: folds
Hero: ????


Villain had not yet re-raised pre-flop after a limp. For me this was more like AK or maybe AA or KK slow playing.
Should I have folded pre-flop and not raised?
I think I'm behind pre-flop. Would you call?

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 15.73
PokerStars Game #6628564151: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/14 - 07:16:33 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (2235 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1195 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1370 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (1860 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (2385 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (1180 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: funkyyan (1795 in chips)
ozlazza: posts small blind 25
funkyyan: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Td Ah]
c0smokramer: folds
KINGJOSE888: folds
postman57: calls 50
FXSTC323: folds
nallacm: folds
Hero: raises 150 to 200
ozlazza: folds
funkyyan: folds
postman57: raises 150 to 350
Hero: ????



What do you think villain is representing? For me it would be something like 89 or T9, and maybe top pair ...

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 6.53
PokerStars Game #6628577996: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/14 - 07:20:21 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (2035 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1145 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1495 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (2260 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (2360 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (980 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1355 in chips)
Seat 9: funkyyan (1870 in chips)
nallacm: posts small blind 50
Hero: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [6s 7d]
ozlazza: folds
funkyyan: folds
c0smokramer: folds
KINGJOSE888: calls 100
postman57: folds
FXSTC323: folds
nallacm: calls 50
Hero: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7s 5d]
nallacm: checks
Hero: bets 150
KINGJOSE888: raises 895 to 1045 and is all-in
nallacm: folds
Hero: ????



Was this a bad move? I know I'm UTG, but A9s is not a bad hand as I had an M of 5.53 (8.5xBB) ...

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 5.53
PokerStars Game #6628595031: Tournament #33685498, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/14 - 07:25:03 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v0.7.6) from FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '33685498 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: c0smokramer (2035 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGJOSE888 (1295 in chips)
Seat 3: postman57 (1695 in chips)
Seat 4: FXSTC323 (2160 in chips)
Seat 5: nallacm (2260 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (830 in chips)
Seat 8: ozlazza (1205 in chips)
Seat 9: funkyyan (2020 in chips)
postman57: posts small blind 50
FXSTC323: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9h Ah]
nallacm: folds
Hero: raises 730 to 830 and is all-in
ozlazza: folds
funkyyan: calls 830
c0smokramer: folds
KINGJOSE888: folds
postman57: folds
FXSTC323: folds
*** FLOP *** [6s 4d Ac]
*** TURN *** [6s 4d Ac] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [6s 4d Ac 6c] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero: shows [9h Ah] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
funkyyan: shows [Kd Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Sixes)
funkyyan collected 1810 from pot

Thanks!

[johnny_fish]

Hand 1: fine.
Hand 2: standard raise.
Hand 3: I only raise this in BN/SB.
Hand 4: blegh. I guess you have to call and hope for Axx or TTx. Fold is fine too, stack sizes are awkward.
Hand 5: I guess this is fine, although I'd rather have AJ+/77+ here. It's probably pretty close..

[taipan168]

1. KK - 80 to go at a $5.50. You want to get money into the pot with what is almost certainly the best hand preflop. On the flop, I would lead, otherwise I play it the same as you.

2. 33 - this early, I just flat call and play for set value.

3. A9o - fold. Your stack size is awkward, if you had like 2000-2500 chips I would raise 3x BB.

4. ATo - your raise is fine because you have position, once opp pulls the limp/re-raise trick I fold. He could be doing this with a wide range but not worth taking the risk even with the minre-raise IMO.

6. 76o - with 2 opps seeing the flop, I don't bet the flop. Check and see what happens. If the player behind you checks and it's checked to you on the turn I might take a stab there. At this stage you REALLY need to preserve your chips for a good pushing opportunity. 150 chips lost here could mean 300 later on if you double up through somebody.

11. A9o - this is an interesting push where it is -EV if opps are tight but +EV if they are looser. At a $5.50 where opps will tend towards the looser side, I think this is OK. You just got unlucky to run into a monster hand (and suck out on the flop but get rivered).

[jimmy44]

Thanks for the answer guys!

2. 33 - this early, I just flat call and play for set value.

That's what I did and I didn't hit the flop so I've folded.

3. A9o - fold. Your stack size is awkward, if you had like 2000-2500 chips I would raise 3x BB.

The is that I was not having hands/position to steal some blinds and this seemed like a good oportunity ... I think I would did again if I had the same position and stack size. Do you think it's a bad play?

11. A9o - this is an interesting push where it is -EV if opps are tight but +EV if they are looser. At a $5.50 where opps will tend towards the looser side, I think this is OK. You just got unlucky to run into a monster hand (and suck out on the flop but get rivered).

I thought oponnents where tight, it showed, only a guy with KK called. So I'll remember next time that this is -EV

[taipan168]

3. A9o - fold. Your stack size is awkward, if you had like 2000-2500 chips I would raise 3x BB.

The is that I was not having hands/position to steal some blinds and this seemed like a good oportunity ... I think I would did again if I had the same position and stack size. Do you think it's a bad play?

Eh, it's not terrible to be raising this, I just looked at the stack sizes again and the Button is sitting out so it's like raising from the CO.

I guess the issue is that you can ill afford to lose 150 chips if somebody pushes over, and it gets worse if somebody calls, you miss the flop, the pot is then 325-375, you need to bet 200 as a c-bet, if they call again you have to shut down unless you hit and if you fold you've burned 350 chips or almost 1/3 of your stack for the chance to steal like 75 chip in blinds?

11. A9o - this is an interesting push where it is -EV if opps are tight but +EV if they are looser. At a $5.50 where opps will tend towards the looser side, I think this is OK. You just got unlucky to run into a monster hand (and suck out on the flop but get rivered).

I thought oponnents where tight, it showed, only a guy with KK called. So I'll remember next time that this is -EV

At a $5.50 I think this is an OK push as opps are rarely tight enough to make it -EV (calling ranges 66+/AT+).