$6.50 Stars Turbo... did I play AK right?

[CowbellGuy]

Hand 1 I got myself into a huge mess... how would you play? Or the rest of the tournament, for that matter.

---Tournament Summary---
$0 MTT: Finished 7/9 for $0
Data for 26 hands.
You played 5 hands (19.23%)
You raised 4 times preflop (15.38%)

6 A CO (M = 50.00; f+f+f+f+f+F)
A T CO (M = 50.00; f+r+f+f+F)

-----Hand 1-----
Heros M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #11028124720: Tournament #55927239, $6.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/19 - 20:49:25 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 55927239 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: 3 Js (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: waWe (2770 in chips)
Seat 4: tdough6886 (1480 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: DirtBox (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: emrob23 (1760 in chips)
Seat 7: President204 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: WRP III (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (1500 in chips)
tdough6886: posts small blind 10
DirtBox: posts big blind 20
Preflop: Hero dealt K A
emrob23: raises 80 to 100
President204: folds
WRP III: folds
Hero: raises 200 to 300
3 Js: folds
waWe: folds
tdough6886: folds
DirtBox: folds
emrob23: calls 200
Flop: 3 T 6
emrob23: checks
Hero: bets 480
emrob23: raises 980 to 1460 and is all-in
Hero: folds
emrob23 collected 1590 from pot


J 2 MP1 (M = 24.00; f+f+F)
2 6 UTG+1 (M = 24.00; c+F)
3 2 UTG (M = 24.00; F)

-----Hand 2-----
Heros M = 16.00
PokerStars Game #11028188480: Tournament #55927239, $6.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/07/19 - 20:53:09 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 55927239 1 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: 3 Js (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: waWe (2400 in chips)
Seat 4: tdough6886 (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: DirtBox (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: emrob23 (2060 in chips)
Seat 7: President204 (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: WRP III (2470 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (720 in chips)
WRP III: posts small blind 15
Hero: posts big blind 30
Preflop: Hero dealt Q A
3 Js: calls 30
waWe: calls 30
tdough6886: folds
DirtBox: folds
emrob23: folds
President204: folds
WRP III: calls 15
Hero: checks
Flop: T 3 Q
WRP III: checks
tdough6886 has returned
Hero: bets 120
3 Js: folds
waWe: folds
WRP III: folds
Hero collected 120 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


8 3 SB (M = 18.00; c+c+f+r+f+f+F)
2 Q BU (M = 17.67; f+f+f+r+f+F)
7 5 CO (M = 17.67; f+f+f+f+F)
2 3 MP2 (M = 17.67; r+f+f+F)
7 T MP1 (M = 17.67; f+f+F)
5 8 UTG+1 (M = 10.60; f+F)
K 6 UTG (M = 10.60; F)
9 2 BB (M = 10.60; r+f+f+f+f+f+f+F)
6 3 SB (M = 9.93; c+c+f+f+f+r+F)
6 T BU (M = 9.60; f+f+f+r+f+F)
4 2 CO (M = 9.60; f+p+f+f+F)
T K MP2 (M = 9.60; c+f+f+F)

-----Hand 3-----
Heros M = 4.80
PokerStars Game #11028356469: Tournament #55927239, $6.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/07/19 - 21:03:00 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 55927239 1 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: 3 Js (1810 in chips)
Seat 3: waWe (3070 in chips)
Seat 4: tdough6886 (2840 in chips)
Seat 5: DirtBox (1405 in chips)
Seat 7: President204 (1490 in chips)
Seat 8: WRP III (2165 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (720 in chips)
DirtBox: posts small blind 50
President204: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt A Q
WRP III: folds
Hero: raises 620 to 720 and is all-in
3 Js: folds
waWe: folds
tdough6886: folds
DirtBox: folds
President204: folds
Hero collected 250 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand



-----Hand 4-----
Heros M = 5.80
PokerStars Game #11028363123: Tournament #55927239, $6.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/07/19 - 21:03:23 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 55927239 1 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: 3 Js (1810 in chips)
Seat 3: waWe (3070 in chips)
Seat 4: tdough6886 (2840 in chips)
Seat 5: DirtBox (1355 in chips)
Seat 7: President204 (1390 in chips)
Seat 8: WRP III (2165 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (870 in chips)
President204: posts small blind 50
WRP III: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt 7 7
Hero: raises 770 to 870 and is all-in
3 Js: folds
waWe: folds
tdough6886: folds
DirtBox: folds
President204: folds
WRP III: folds
Hero collected 250 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


2 4 BB (M = 6.80; r+f+f+f+f+f+F)
6 3 SB (M = 6.13; f+f+f+r+f+F)
A 8 BU (M = 5.80; f+f+f+r+F)
3 4 CO (M = 5.80; f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Heros M = 5.80
PokerStars Game #11028405671: Tournament #55927239, $6.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/07/19 - 21:05:47 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 55927239 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: 3 Js (1810 in chips)
Seat 3: waWe (2770 in chips)
Seat 4: tdough6886 (3040 in chips)
Seat 5: DirtBox (1355 in chips)
Seat 7: President204 (1490 in chips)
Seat 8: WRP III (2165 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (870 in chips)
tdough6886: posts small blind 50
DirtBox: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt A K
President204: folds
WRP III: folds
Hero: raises 770 to 870 and is all-in
3 Js: folds
waWe: raises 1900 to 2770 and is all-in
tdough6886: folds
DirtBox: folds
Flop: Q 8 5
Turn: 4
River: T
Showdown:
Hero: shows A K (high card Ace)
waWe: shows A T (a pair of Tens)
waWe collected 1890 from pot

[bjsaust]

It all looks pretty good to me, including hand 1 (might have c-bet less, 350 will get the job done and leave us some extra chips if he pushes over). Hand 2 I probably raise PF, but its not bad as played.

Just not your tourney.

[Zee Devee]

If he would have folded to your c-bet on hand 1 would you be posting this?

[CowbellGuy]

If he would have folded to your c-bet on hand 1 would you be posting this?

Good point, no. I just wanted to make sure C-betting that flop was the best play. If I didn't have position, I probably wouldn't have, but given that he checked to me I felt I had to

[taipan168]

Hand 1 - I agree with bjsaust, 350-400 as a c-bet is better since it folds exactly the same hands that 480 does and saves you ~100 chips when you're wrong.

Hand 2 - I would probably raise AQo in the BB, make it 180 to go. You might take it down preflop, but you probably have the best hand preflop and if you get called and hit an A or Q on the flop you win a much bigger pot.

[dstir2]

other than your cbet on hand 1 being about 100 chips too much, i think you did what you should've done. it just didn't work out for you.

[topsoyale]

Also to make this feel better aswell, you played the hands in the middle fine too. Good pushes to gain back some chips and you ran into an excellent situation with ak at the end. Unlucky.