4 Hands to Check

[marmot]

Trying to get used to the turbos. Would appreciate comments on the hands below. None of villains have shown down anything particularly bad.

1)-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 86.67
PokerStars Game #6888504353: Tournament #35126430, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/04 - 07:31:02 (ET)
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Table '35126430 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: mr crab (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: IAM2WISE4U (960 in chips)
Seat 3: ehmjc1014 (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: kjaces (1460 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2600 in chips)
Seat 6: stephanburg (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Mazzel_74 (1010 in chips)
Seat 8: MickLarson (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Almonds40 (1500 in chips)
Seat 10: lars51 (1500 in chips)
kjaces: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jd Ah]
stephanburg: raises 60 to 80
Mazzel_74: folds
MickLarson: folds
Almonds40: folds
lars51: folds
mr crab: folds
IAM2WISE4U: folds
ehmjc1014: folds
kjaces: folds
Hero: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Ts Th Tc]
Hero: bets 100
stephanburg: raises 200 to 300
Hero

2) -----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 52.00
PokerStars Game #6888523688: Tournament #35126430, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/11/04 - 07:35:29 (ET)
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Table '35126430 1' 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: mr crab (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: IAM2WISE4U (1035 in chips)
Seat 3: ehmjc1014 (1660 in chips)
Seat 4: kjaces (1230 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2340 in chips)
Seat 6: stephanburg (1565 in chips)
Seat 7: Mazzel_74 (770 in chips)
Seat 8: MickLarson (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: Almonds40 (1470 in chips)
Seat 10: lars51 (1960 in chips)
MickLarson: posts small blind 15
Almonds40: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Jd Td]
lars51: calls 30
mr crab: folds
IAM2WISE4U: folds
ehmjc1014: calls 30
kjaces: folds
Hero: calls 30
stephanburg: folds
Mazzel_74: calls 30
MickLarson: folds
Almonds40: checks
*** FLOP *** [6s 8d 8h]
Almonds40: checks
lars51: checks
ehmjc1014: checks
Hero: bets 120
Mazzel_74: folds
Almonds40: calls 120
lars51: folds
ehmjc1014: folds
*** TURN *** [6s 8d 8h] [6h]
Almonds40: checks
Hero: checks
*** RIVER *** [6s 8d 8h 6h] [3d]
Almonds40: bets 300
Hero

3) -----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 14.60
PokerStars Game #6888573163: Tournament #35126430, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/11/04 - 07:46:27 (ET)
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Table '35126430 1' 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: mr crab (1245 in chips)
Seat 3: ehmjc1014 (2105 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (2190 in chips)
Seat 6: stephanburg (1170 in chips)
Seat 7: Mazzel_74 (1645 in chips)
Seat 8: MickLarson (2815 in chips)
Seat 9: Almonds40 (2700 in chips)
Seat 10: lars51 (1130 in chips)
ehmjc1014: posts small blind 50
Hero: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7c 7d]
stephanburg: folds
Mazzel_74: folds
MickLarson: folds
Almonds40: folds
lars51: folds
mr crab: folds
ehmjc1014: calls 50
Hero: raises 300 to 400
ehmjc1014: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qc Ah]
ehmjc1014: bets 600
Hero


4) -----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 7.73
PokerStars Game #6888589851: Tournament #35126430, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/11/04 - 07:50:04 (ET)
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Table '35126430 1' 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: mr crab (1395 in chips)
Seat 3: ehmjc1014 (1505 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero (1740 in chips)
Seat 6: stephanburg (1020 in chips)
Seat 7: Mazzel_74 (1495 in chips)
Seat 8: MickLarson (2665 in chips)
Seat 9: Almonds40 (3900 in chips)
Seat 10: lars51 (1280 in chips)
lars51: posts small blind 75
mr crab: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [As Qc]
ehmjc1014: folds
Hero: raises 300 to 450
stephanburg: folds
Mazzel_74: folds
MickLarson: folds
Almonds40: folds
lars51: folds
mr crab: raises 945 to 1395 and is all-in
Hero

[taipan168]

1. Easy fold after opp raises, he's got you beat. I don't hate leading that flop BTW.

2. Fold preflop. If I had been in the CO or on the button I would have limped as you did. With 4 opps seeing the flop, don't bet, just check and see if you can get a free card. On the river, I don't see the problem, what do you think you're beating, GTFO.

3. Preflop raise is good, but once you call, the A comes on the flop and opp leads out, it's very likely that limp/call raise means he has Ax and you're drawing to 2 outs, fold.

4. Just open shove preflop. As played, you have to call - there is 1945 in the pot and it is 945 for you to call so you're getting 2:1 on your money with a very good hand. You're very likely ahead of his range, the only hands you're fearing are QQ-AA and AK, even if he shows you a pocket pair you're getting the right price to call.

[marmot]

Thanks. Wanted to check, that was as played for all hands. Don't see anything wrong with the limp with J10s in mid position at 15/30 though...

[taipan168]

Don't see anything wrong with the limp with J10s in mid position at 15/30 though...

It's marginal tending towards a fold IMO - I'd prefer it if you were one position further along, that can make all the difference (one less player to raise preflop meaning you have to fold, potentially one less player to act postflop and a greater chance of being last to act).

Preflop wasn't the biggest problem with this hand though, I don't see the point of betting out on the flop with 4 opps when you have nothing.

[marmot]

Yes, you're right, impeccable advice as always! Thought i'd try and have a stab at the pot but not the best situation.