Now I'm just pissing money away

[Zee Devee]

The first one I was just trying to buy the pot at the end- Should I have just let it go?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t9700)
UTG (t450)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t3015)
CO (t6570)
Button (t3530)
Hero (t6155)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 9.
3 folds, CO calls t150, Button calls t150, Hero raises to t450, 1 fold, CO calls t300, Button calls t300.

Flop: (t1500) 7, 8, 2 (3 players)
Hero bets t600, CO folds, Button calls t600.

Turn: (t2700) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: (t2700) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets t900, Button raises to t2480, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t6080

I've seen this Villain make probe/cont. bets, so I didn't know what the first bet meant, so I raised. Looking now I should have folded from the first raise because he was betting into a preflop raiser...maybe?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t9700)
SB (t300)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t3015)
MP1 (t6120)
MP2 (t6080)
Hero (t4205)

Preflop: Hero is CO with T, K.
UTG calls t150, 2 folds, Hero raises to t450, 3 folds, UTG calls t300.

Flop: (t1125) J, 4, 9 (2 players)
UTG bets t600, Hero raises to t1500, UTG raises to t2565, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t5190


Was anything legit here or am I just a dumbass?

[fjuanl]

hand 1 - if you want to raise, make it 600+ I pretty much never raise with A9 in this spot unless I feel like I'm way ahead of CO/Btn's ranges and will take the pot down preflop. its definetly a good flop to bet on, but you didnt even bet 1/2 pot. I like a bet somewhere around 800+ then if your called, check the turn and river assuming you dont pair up

hand 2 - i ususally fold preflop, KT is a hand that can get you into a lot of trouble. if UTG didnt limp I would be fine with raising here. i like the the flop raise depending on the player; most of the time the lead is a bet to see 'where they are at'. unless i added it wrong, your getting 5/1 odds to call his push, which is enough with a gutshot and an overcard

[Fortune 500]

I can see playing in the first spot, but it seems a weak spot to raise in, since you're going to be OOP the rest of the way. If you're going to do it, you're going to need to make it more than 450 to take it down. Just calling, or even folding is a better play. Once you're in this deep, C-bet the flop, and then be done with the hand if you're called.

In hand 2, reraising an UTG limper with KTo is just silliness. You can muck it and find a better spot. Limping isn't horrible either. Once you're in the hand though, I don't mind the raise on the flop. IF he's weak you're going to take it down. Unfortunately, you're up against either a set or an overpair. I pretty much gaurantee that in this spot.

[ShowMeAtlas]

Any reads?

Hand 1, don't raise pf here unless you know the button and CO are limping with trash. Actually, just don't raise here ever. I would check/fold the flop.

Hand 2, I like raising the UTG limper and might actually raise with any 2 here if I had noticed that he was a serial limper who can fold either pre or post flop. But even here, once he calls the preflop bet, I am essesntially bluffing. I would fold to his bet thinking he has QJ, KJ, JT or 44.

[MuddyWicket]

in the first hand no one wants to bet the turn with openended str8 draw and neary two overs?

[Erudito]

Is this a SnGo Tourney? From the stack sizes it looks like a MTT tourney.

[Rondavu]

Hand 1: First of all if you raise preflop, you have to make it 750 to go at least. 3xBB raises preflop are open raises. They are not raises with a bunch of limpers in front, especially with A9. Raise that bitch up proper or don't raise at all.

As played, bet the turn hard and go from there against more solid opponents who are capable of folding. Against a calling station the gig is up. Seek it cheap and hope A high holds.

Hand 2: What a mess. When you get a hand like this imagine the website baiting you into a bust, and say out loud "I don't think so bitches. You ain't giving me no KT to bust with". I find it works wonders.

[drmcboy]

Hand 1 - don't raise here unless they are often limp folding. Certainly raise more.

I would check/fold the flop. You beat nothing and one or the other usually has a PP here which they will not fold on this board.

I would bet the turn if the flop checked around, then maybe stab at river.

As played, what hand could possibly call on the flop, then fold the river? If an over had popped off maybe you try and steal.

Hand 2 - fold pre flop. As played, shove the flop rather than re raising, or fold to the first bet. You can't fold after raising, yuck.

[Zee Devee]

Is this a SnGo Tourney? From the stack sizes it looks like a MTT tourney.

It was a 1.20 tourney on stars- 5 tables.
Its too small for a MTT and too big for a SNG.