Few hands for review

[mikeneron]

The first hand was from one SNG and the others were from the other SNG I was playing. Just curious on how others would play these hands. I just took a few hands from the hand history, so this is not a complete tourney.

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---Tournament Summary---
$5.50 SNG: Finished 0/9 for $0
Data for 5 hands.
You played 5 hands (100.00%)
You raised 2 times preflop (40.00%)


-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 14.40
PokerStars Game #10311940750: Tournament #52251303, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/07 - 02:00:33 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '52251303 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: DAGMoney (3005 in chips)
Seat 2: mikeneron (1080 in chips)
Seat 3: GCURLEY (1080 in chips)
Seat 5: Potlicker (4700 in chips)
Seat 6: TheNuts34 (1355 in chips)
Seat 7: stlroughneck (1175 in chips)
Seat 9: TIME/TIDES (1105 in chips)
DAGMoney: posts small blind 25
mikeneron: posts big blind 50
Preflop: mikeneron dealt 3 2
GCURLEY: folds
Potlicker: calls 50
TheNuts34: calls 50
stlroughneck: folds
TIME/TIDES: folds
DAGMoney: folds
mikeneron: checks
Flop: J 2 3
mikeneron: bets 150
Potlicker: folds
TheNuts34: raises 200 to 350
mikeneron: raises 680 to 1030 and is all-in
TheNuts34: calls 680
Turn: 9
River: J
Showdown:
mikeneron: shows 3 2 (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
TheNuts34: shows J K (three of a kind, Jacks)
TheNuts34 collected 2235 from pot



-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #10311681451: Tournament #52251379, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/07 - 01:31:37 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '52251379 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 81 forever (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Eiknek (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: Lebond (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: toad144 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: zipryzin05 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: southpaw70 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: BluffKing23 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: mikeneron (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: TheNuts34 (1500 in chips)
Eiknek: posts small blind 10
Lebond: posts big blind 20
Preflop: mikeneron dealt K A
toad144: calls 20
zipryzin05: calls 20
southpaw70: calls 20
BluffKing23: calls 20
mikeneron: raises 180 to 200
TheNuts34: folds
81 forever: calls 200
Eiknek: folds
Lebond: folds
toad144: folds
zipryzin05: folds
southpaw70: folds
BluffKing23: calls 180
Flop: 8 Q 4
BluffKing23: bets 400
mikeneron: folds
81 forever: folds
BluffKing23 collected 690 from pot
BluffKing23: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 43.33
PokerStars Game #10311711306: Tournament #52251379, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/07 - 01:34:47 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '52251379 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: 81 forever (1280 in chips)
Seat 2: Eiknek (1720 in chips)
Seat 3: Lebond (1400 in chips)
Seat 4: toad144 (1450 in chips)
Seat 5: zipryzin05 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: southpaw70 (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: BluffKing23 (1950 in chips)
Seat 8: mikeneron (1300 in chips)
Seat 9: TheNuts34 (1460 in chips)
zipryzin05: posts small blind 10
southpaw70: posts big blind 20
Preflop: mikeneron dealt K A
BluffKing23 has timed out while being disconnected
BluffKing23: folds
BluffKing23 has returned
mikeneron: raises 100 to 120
TheNuts34: folds
81 forever: folds
Eiknek: folds
Lebond: folds
toad144: folds
zipryzin05: calls 110
southpaw70: folds
Flop: A 8 5
zipryzin05: bets 160
mikeneron: calls 160
Turn: Q
zipryzin05: bets 200
mikeneron: calls 200
River: 8
zipryzin05: checks
mikeneron: bets 200
zipryzin05: calls 200
Showdown:
mikeneron: shows K A (two pair, Aces and Eights)
zipryzin05: mucks hand
mikeneron collected 1380 from pot



-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 24.93
PokerStars Game #10311868006: Tournament #52251379, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/07 - 01:52:11 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '52251379 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: 81 forever (2615 in chips)
Seat 2: Eiknek (1170 in chips)
Seat 3: Lebond (1770 in chips)
Seat 4: toad144 (1625 in chips)
Seat 6: southpaw70 (1405 in chips)
Seat 7: BluffKing23 (1900 in chips)
Seat 8: mikeneron (1870 in chips)
Seat 9: TheNuts34 (1145 in chips)
81 forever: posts small blind 25
Eiknek: posts big blind 50
Preflop: mikeneron dealt K Q
Lebond: folds
toad144: calls 50
southpaw70: folds
BluffKing23: calls 50
mikeneron: calls 50
TheNuts34: calls 50
81 forever: folds
Eiknek: checks
Flop: Q 3 K
Eiknek: checks
toad144: bets 50
BluffKing23: folds
mikeneron: raises 300 to 350
TheNuts34: folds
Eiknek: folds
toad144: folds
mikeneron collected 375 from pot



-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 28.60
PokerStars Game #10311878118: Tournament #52251379, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/07 - 01:53:19 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '52251379 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 81 forever (2590 in chips)
Seat 2: Eiknek (1120 in chips)
Seat 3: Lebond (1770 in chips)
Seat 4: toad144 (1525 in chips)
Seat 6: southpaw70 (1405 in chips)
Seat 7: BluffKing23 (1850 in chips)
Seat 8: mikeneron (2145 in chips)
Seat 9: TheNuts34 (1095 in chips)
Eiknek: posts small blind 25
Lebond: posts big blind 50
Preflop: mikeneron dealt 5 5
toad144: folds
southpaw70: calls 50
BluffKing23: folds
mikeneron: calls 50
TheNuts34: folds
81 forever: calls 50
Eiknek: calls 25
Lebond: checks
Flop: 8 5 T
Eiknek: checks
Lebond: checks
southpaw70: checks
mikeneron: checks
81 forever: checks
Turn: 8
Eiknek: bets 50
Lebond: folds
southpaw70: calls 50
mikeneron: calls 50
81 forever: folds
River: 9
Eiknek: bets 100
southpaw70: calls 100
mikeneron: raises 300 to 400
Eiknek: calls 300
southpaw70: calls 300
Showdown:
mikeneron: shows 5 5 (a full house, Fives full of Eights)
Eiknek: mucks hand
southpaw70: shows Q 8 (three of a kind, Eights)
mikeneron collected 1600 from pot

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Hand 1: The very next hand the blinds were going up to 50/100 and I figured my opponent hit top pair here. Is this a push every time? I kind of think it is.

Hand 2: This table had a lot of limpers and a lot of calling raises of 4-5xBB. Do you still raise with AK and if so how much? I think my raise was sufficient, but still got 2 callers.

Hand 3: This was 3 hands later. I made a slightly smaller raise than last hand as I was the first one in the pot. I figured since he bet on the flop, he must have an ace as well. Why do I always get the feeling here that my opponent just hit 2 pair? Is calling this hand down a mistake? At what point would you re-raise if it is a mistake.

Hand 4: Too aggressive on this one? I figured there are 3 people still to act behind me that I wanted to thin the field a bit, but I didn't want to lose everyone.

Hand 5: Do you push all in on the river here with 2 players or do you make a raise and try to extract some chips? I was thinking after that against one opponent that the play I made was OK, but against 2 that pushing all in might be a better play.

[taipan168]

Hand 1: The very next hand the blinds were going up to 50/100 and I figured my opponent hit top pair here. Is this a push every time? I kind of think it is.

Every single time. You played it fine. I might even overbet the pot for 200-250 or so but if you get it AI on this flop you've done well.

Hand 2: This table had a lot of limpers and a lot of calling raises of 4-5xBB. Do you still raise with AK and if so how much? I think my raise was sufficient, but still got 2 callers.

I like 3-4x BB plus 1x BB for each limper, so I make that 140-160 to go preflop. On the flop, obv easy fold.

Hand 3: This was 3 hands later. I made a slightly smaller raise than last hand as I was the first one in the pot. I figured since he bet on the flop, he must have an ace as well. Why do I always get the feeling here that my opponent just hit 2 pair? Is calling this hand down a mistake? At what point would you re-raise if it is a mistake.

Preflop I would make it 80-100 to go, just keeps the pot a bit smaller if you miss the flop and want to throw out a c-bet. On the flop, why didn't you raise? I would have just made it 500-600 to go and expected to get paid off by either a flush draw or a worse ace. As played, once you just flat call the flop then calling the turn is fine, but I'd bet more on the river. There are 980 chips in the pot, I'd bet around 1/2 pot and pay off a FH, AQ or trip 8s. Remember that if he has A5 his two pair has just been counterfeited.

Hand 4: Too aggressive on this one? I figured there are 3 people still to act behind me that I wanted to thin the field a bit, but I didn't want to lose everyone.

You played this fine, don't give a cheap card to JT or the like. Kx pays you off every time here, pity nobody had a hand they would call with. I don't mind limping preflop but you do have to play carefully if the flop comes K or Q high.

Hand 5: Do you push all in on the river here with 2 players or do you make a raise and try to extract some chips? I was thinking after that against one opponent that the play I made was OK, but against 2 that pushing all in might be a better play.

BET. THE. FLOP! With that many opps in the pot somebody will call you at a $5.50. You want to build a big pot here with your flopped set. Similarly, RAISE THE TURN, again, you won't lose your customers! As played, on the river there are 600 chips when it gets to you, make it 600 or so to go or just shove it, somebody will call you. Actually, shoving might look more like a desperate bluff, maybe I'd just shove it.