Early $6.50 Few TT hands

[Buddy Love5]

This is the fourth hand of the SNG. So I don't have any reads as of yet. I was thinking about a push becuase if everyone did fold I would take down a 550+ pot. But I was just wondering what would everyone else do in this spot.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1676702559: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (12299367), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:07:24 ET - 2007/01/26
Seat 1: Heywood Usueme (850)
Seat 2: webite (1,410)
Seat 4: davidw0670 (1,390)
Seat 5: Deets10 (3,065)
Seat 6: Hero (1,500)
Seat 7: bimn (1,400)
Seat 8: Matter86 (2,235)
Seat 9: hypnogic (1,650)
Deets10 posts the small blind of 20
Hero posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Tc Td]
bimn folds
Matter86 raises to 275
hypnogic folds
Heywood Usueme folds
webite folds
davidw0670 calls 275
Deets10 folds
Hero ???

This is the same SNG, and a few hands later. Over the last four hands Villain has pushed PF twice (the hands was not shown), and pushed the flop after limping with 25o and flopping the straight. So I would say he could be raising with a wide range. What do ya'll think I should do in this spot?

Full Tilt Poker Game #1676744315: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (12299367), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:18:02 ET - 2007/01/26
Seat 1: Heywood Usueme (620)
Seat 2: webite (1,250)
Seat 4: davidw0670 (1,585)
Seat 5: Villain (3,355)
Seat 6: Hero (3,465)
Seat 7: bimn (1,930)
Seat 9: hypnogic (1,295)
webite posts the small blind of 50
davidw0670 posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ts Td]
Villain raises to 350
Hero ???

This is the second hand of a different SNG, so once again no reads. How would ya'll play this flop with it being five handed?

Full Tilt Poker Game #1676699933: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (12299545), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:06:44 ET - 2007/01/26
Seat 1: broker001 (1,485)
Seat 2: jbaysbucs (1,470)
Seat 3: pperch (1,500)
Seat 4: Bustin_U_Out (1,500)
Seat 5: dalev777 (1,635)
Seat 6: redrider009 (1,500)
Seat 7: Hero (1,500)
Seat 8: lmhockey55 (1,500)
Seat 9: 1guling (1,410)
jbaysbucs posts the small blind of 15
pperch posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Tc Ts]
Bustin_U_Out folds
dalev777 folds
redrider009 folds
Hero raises to 90
lmhockey55 folds
1guling calls 90
broker001 calls 90
jbaysbucs calls 75
pperch calls 60
*** FLOP *** [6s 9c 6h]
jbaysbucs checks
pperch bets 180
Hero ???

[taipan168]

Wow, these are some tough spots.

1. I think I would flat call and see what came on the flop, looking for a set or undercards to get all my chips in, particularly because we close the action on this hand. That said, I don't think pushing is terrible here because there are a lot of chips in the pot and it's unlikely that you're crushed by JJ+ with such a big open raise, plus if only one opp calls with something like QJ you have the right price to flip with the dead chips in the pot.

2. This is another tough one because of stack sizes. You are the big stack but only just. If you had 1500 chips or so I would just shove over, but in this spot again I think I would flat call and try to see a flop given we have position on Villain. The other thing I don't like about this hand is that there are 5 opps still to act, what if somebody who has position on you calls or raises?

3. I would raise to 600 and call a push. Whilst you do sometimes run into trips or JJ+, you get paid off by hands like A9/K9 or stuff 77-88 often enough to make this worthwhile.

[TLR]

Hand1: tough spot.
Calling - you have a bad position and you have no idea where you stand, if the flop comes all unders what do you do when you are first to act ? you have no idea if the original raiser have an overpair or 2 overs.
Pushing is a valid option, I think you get them both to fold is they dont have JJ+ or better.
Folding is also a valid option this early.
I think your two better options are pushing or folding, and it is very close with TT.

Hand 2: Raise to 1000, call pushes from anyone but the original raiser. If he flat calls you have position after the flop.

Hand3: I raise it to about 500, and take it from there. If there are mutliple pushes behind me I may fold this, If the original raiser pushed I will probably fold, if he calls I proceed with caution.
Villian bets 180 into an 450 pot with 5 people seeing the flop and the original raiser yet to act. He is also palying from the BB, so he called 60 into a 390 pot, which is justified with ATC.

His bet is usually one of two things - he either has a very strong hand (99, 69, maybe 6x) and he is betting small because he does not want anyone who has something to fold
or he has a hand he is not sure if it is good enough (9x, 77-88) and is betting for info.
By raising him you are providing with an info that you have a strong hand, if he comes over the top you got your answer - he has a strong hand, if he calls you are not sure if you are ahead or behind, you have position on him - if he checks the turn I push, if he pushes the turn I fold

[taipan168]

Hand1: tough spot.
Calling - you have a bad position and you have no idea where you stand, if the flop comes all unders what do you do when you are first to act ? you have no idea if the original raiser have an overpair or 2 overs.
Pushing is a valid option, I think you get them both to fold is they dont have JJ+ or better.
Folding is also a valid option this early.
I think your two better options are pushing or folding, and it is very close with TT.

If I flat called and the flop came all unders I would check-raise AI to try to pick off the c-bet. Actually the more I think about this one the more I like shoving here, but I agree it is close.

Hand 2: Raise to 1000, call pushes from anyone but the original raiser. If he flat calls you have position after the flop.

Since opp is a maniac, and we have position, I think I prefer to flat call. By flat calling you take away his ability to shove over, and given Hero's read that he might shove over light I want to see the flop here if we are going to fold to a preflop push.

[TLR]

Taipan wrote:

TLR wrote:
Hand 2: Raise to 1000, call pushes from anyone but the original raiser. If he flat calls you have position after the flop.

Since opp is a maniac, and we have position, I think I prefer to flat call. By flat calling you take away his ability to shove over, and given Hero's read that he might shove over light I want to see the flop here if we are going to fold to a preflop push.

I prefer the raise in order to shake off the other 5 people left to act who might want to call my flat call with a wide range of hands.
Assume hero calls, pot is 850, BB needs to call 250 into this pot, he is getting about 1:3.5 which is good for a wide range of hands.

If villian is maniac then I might push instead of raising to 1000