Stars $5.50 SNG: Please analyze these 4 losses

[fat-johnny]

Had the day off work, played 6 games today ($5.50 SNG at Stars). Lost 4, finished 3rd in 2. Can anyone tell me how I could improve my play? I seem to find myself on the short end of luck, and I find myself short stacked with 4 players left, look for a spot to double, and it backfires every time.

I am on quite a skid lately (take a look at fat-johnny on Sharkscope)

Please review these 4 final hands where I busted out, and tell me how to get better. I know that only one of these is a 4th place finish, but I couldnt seem to get ANYTHING going today. It seems that I am always one of the shorter stacks, and have to make a move.

Thanks in advance,
FJ

LOSS #1
PokerStars Game #6816588404: Tournament #34723152, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/10/29 - 14:04:39 (ET)
Table '34723152 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: metches (2010 in chips)
Seat 2: CrookHalfway (410 in chips)
Seat 3: Copenhager (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: tmikeyfish (910 in chips)
Seat 5: socprof87 (1030 in chips)
Seat 7: elfee2 (2265 in chips)
Seat 8: fat-johnny (1565 in chips)
Seat 9: roman37 (4040 in chips)
roman37: posts small blind 25
metches: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fat-johnny [Ad Kd]
CrookHalfway: folds
Copenhager: folds
tmikeyfish: raises 860 to 910 and is all-in
socprof87: folds
elfee2: folds
fat-johnny: raises 655 to 1565 and is all-in
roman37: folds
metches: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 5c 7h]
tmikeyfish said, "oooop"
*** TURN *** [Tc 5c 7h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 5c 7h 8d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tmikeyfish: shows [5s 6h] (a pair of Fives)
fat-johnny: shows [Ad Kd] (high card Ace)
metches said, "wow"
tmikeyfish collected 1895 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1895 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 5c 7h 8d 2d]
Seat 1: metches (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: CrookHalfway folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Copenhager folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: tmikeyfish showed [5s 6h] and won (1895) with a pair of Fives
Seat 5: socprof87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: elfee2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: fat-johnny (button) showed [Ad Kd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: roman37 (small blind) folded before Flop

LOSS #2
PokerStars Game #6827736741: Tournament #34782981, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/10/30 - 11:22:47 (ET)
Table '34782981 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BGoshow (5140 in chips)
Seat 2: RealToub (880 in chips)
Seat 3: yunow (3295 in chips)
Seat 6: snowie1313 (1510 in chips)
Seat 8: fat-johnny (1095 in chips)
Seat 9: hogman226 (1580 in chips)
snowie1313: posts small blind 50
fat-johnny: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fat-johnny [Ac Kc]
hogman226: folds
BGoshow: folds
RealToub: folds
yunow: raises 200 to 300
snowie1313: folds
fat-johnny: raises 795 to 1095 and is all-in
yunow: calls 795
*** FLOP *** [Th 8s 7h]
*** TURN *** [Th 8s 7h] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Th 8s 7h Ts] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fat-johnny: shows [Ac Kc] (a pair of Tens)
yunow: shows [Ks Qd] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
yunow collected 2240 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2240 | Rake 0
Board [Th 8s 7h Ts Qs]
Seat 1: BGoshow folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: RealToub folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: yunow (button) showed [Ks Qd] and won (2240) with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 6: snowie1313 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: fat-johnny (big blind) showed [Ac Kc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: hogman226 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

LOSS #3 (lost in SEVEN HANDS)
PokerStars Game #6829918038: Tournament #34796862, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/10/30 - 15:37:41 (ET)
Table '34796862 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: ddeevveess (1870 in chips)
Seat 2: TNew2000 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: bostonsteve4 (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: cifen (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: fat-johnny (1660 in chips)
Seat 6: Fumanchu70 (1770 in chips)
Seat 7: jwvdcw (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: RookieB16 (1290 in chips)
Seat 9: rayfl (1320 in chips)
RookieB16: posts small blind 10
rayfl: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fat-johnny [As Ac]
ddeevveess: folds
TNew2000: folds
bostonsteve4: folds
cifen: calls 20
fat-johnny: raises 20 to 40
Fumanchu70: raises 160 to 200
jwvdcw: folds
RookieB16: folds
rayfl: folds
cifen: folds
fat-johnny: raises 300 to 500
Fumanchu70: raises 300 to 800
fat-johnny: raises 400 to 1200
Fumanchu70: raises 570 to 1770 and is all-in
fat-johnny: calls 460 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qs Tc Qd]
*** TURN *** [Qs Tc Qd] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Tc Qd 5h] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fat-johnny: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Fumanchu70: shows [Kh Ad] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Fumanchu70 collected 3370 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3370 | Rake 0
Board [Qs Tc Qd 5h Js]
Seat 1: ddeevveess folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TNew2000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bostonsteve4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: cifen folded before Flop
Seat 5: fat-johnny showed [As Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 6: Fumanchu70 showed [Kh Ad] and won (3370) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 7: jwvdcw (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RookieB16 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: rayfl (big blind) folded before Flop

LOSS #4
PokerStars Game #6832155556: Tournament #34806812, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/10/30 - 18:48:55 (ET)
Table '34806812 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 4: kingslinger1 (955 in chips)
Seat 5: RIOSUN (7090 in chips)
Seat 6: fat-johnny (1075 in chips)
Seat 7: slickesttre (4380 in chips)
fat-johnny: posts small blind 75
slickesttre: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to fat-johnny [Ah Kd]
kingslinger1: folds
RIOSUN: raises 300 to 450
fat-johnny: raises 625 to 1075 and is all-in
slickesttre: folds
RIOSUN: calls 625
*** FLOP *** [4d Tc Jd]
*** TURN *** [4d Tc Jd] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [4d Tc Jd 6s] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fat-johnny: shows [Ah Kd] (a pair of Fours)
RIOSUN: shows [Ts 7h] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
RIOSUN collected 2300 from pot
RIOSUN said, "sorry"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2300 | Rake 0
Board [4d Tc Jd 6s 4c]
Seat 4: kingslinger1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RIOSUN (button) showed [Ts 7h] and won (2300) with two pair, Tens and Fours
Seat 6: fat-johnny (small blind) showed [Ah Kd] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 7: slickesttre (big blind) folded before Flop

[Lokedog]

That's poker, be happy that you got your chips in the middle with the best of it. You must be able to look past the fact that you got sucked out on and be confident that you made the right decisions, results are far less important then making the correct plays.

[bruinblue]

i dont get it... these are all just bad beats. you got in pf with AK vs shit three times and lost... it happens

AA - dont minraise, and once he shows aggression, DONT MINRAISE! youre lucky you got it AI pf but thats more because the guy was stupid than anything. make him pay to see the flop because with AK you usually want to see at least three cards.

[fjuanl]

these are just bad beats. maybe post the other hands where you lost small pots? those are probably the root of your downswing...this is just variance

[taipan168]

If you post a whole trimmed tourney, we'll take a look through it. That's a much better way to see what leaks you have (we all have them).