So,with all the talk on AQ, rip into my play here:

[CowbellGuy]

Do you play this one any differently? Thanks for your thoughts.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG (t1395)
UTG+1 (t1840)
MP1 (t1415)
HatersClub (t1440)
MP3 (t2960)
CO (t890)
Button (t1740)
SB (t1320)
BB (t500)

Preflop: HatersClub is MP2 with Q, A.
3 folds, HatersClub raises to t150, 1 fold, CO calls t150, 1 fold, SB raises to t500, 1 fold, HatersClub calls t350, CO calls t350.

Flop: (t1550) 7, Q, 7 (3 players)
SB bets t820 (All-In), HatersClub raises to t940, CO folds.

Turn: (t3310) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3310) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3070

[Sup3rM4N]

What's the buyin?

Without reads I would've done same. I would need some type of read to fold this.

[bode]

i probly fold AQ to a 3-bet. You are smoked by a standard 3-bet range.

[CowbellGuy]

The tournament was a stars $6.50T. Had no reads. For the previous hand, I called preflop because of odds.

Here is another:
This was the first hand of the tournament, but I had notes on villain from another tournament "loves to play Ax". I think my play is a little too loose here... but what do you think?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1500)
HatersClub (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)

Preflop: HatersClub is SB with Q, A.
2 folds, MP1 calls t20, 1 fold, MP3 calls t20, 2 folds, HatersClub completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t80) 3, A, T (4 players)
HatersClub bets t55, BB folds, MP1 raises to t160, MP3 folds, HatersClub calls t105.

Turn: (t400) 6 (2 players)
HatersClub checks, MP1 bets t560, HatersClub raises to t1320, MP1 calls t760 (All-In).

River: (t3040) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3040

[TylerK]

The tournament was a stars $6.50T. Had no reads. For the previous hand, I called preflop because of odds.

Problem is you still have CO to act after you preflop.

[taipan168]

First hand - definitely fold to the 3-bet preflop. As Tyler said, you don't close the action so if CO shoves over you have to fold and have burned 1/3 of your chips. Even if you closed the action I would still fold. The pot odds you're getting are no good against a likely 3-bet range and you've got bad reverse implied odds in the case where opp has AK and an A flops or opp has QQ+ and a Q flops.

Second hand - definitely raise it preflop to try to either take it down preflop or get HU. I make it 100-120 to go here - I don't want to see a flop even with an A or Q in it against 3 opps. As played, I think your flop play is fine but you have to lead the flop. I guess at a $6.50 turbo I'm prepared to go broke on this board.

[CowbellGuy]

First hand - definitely fold to the 3-bet preflop. As Tyler said, you don't close the action so if CO shoves over you have to fold and have burned 1/3 of your chips. Even if you closed the action I would still fold. The pot odds you're getting are no good against a likely 3-bet range and you've got bad reverse implied odds in the case where opp has AK and an A flops or opp has QQ+ and a Q flops.

Second hand - definitely raise it preflop to try to either take it down preflop or get HU. I make it 100-120 to go here - I don't want to see a flop even with an A or Q in it against 3 opps. As played, I think your flop play is fine but you have to lead the flop. I guess at a $6.50 turbo I'm prepared to go broke on this board.

I understand I played hand 1 pretty badly, definitely should not have called the raise. Hand 2, I didn't raise because of my position, first hand in the tourney, and I just had odds to complete here so I did. Although I guess the point is well taken and I will/should raise this PF here.