Am I really this bad?

[mcdonough22]

http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-1612.html
This will come awfully close to a bad beat post. I'm wondering just how tight I need to play in these $1 tourneys... again, thanks in advance...

[TylerK]

The open limp in hand 25 is pretty horrendously bad.

[CowbellGuy]

The open limp in hand 25 is pretty horrendously bad.

agreed. You can either fold, or raise with this if you think you can steal the blinds easily... but under no circumstances do you want to limp, especially open limp at 10 BB

[mcdonough22]

I think I was worried about Big Stack in the BB, but I see what you guys are saying. Raise or fold... how bout folding 55 just after that in CO-1?

[mcdonough22]

Also folding 88 to a push from my BB? M<5... too tight?

[CowbellGuy]

Also folding 88 to a push from my BB? M<5... too tight?

I haven't had time to look through the whole HH yet, but generally speaking (then again very few things are general about these things), I would have a tough time folding 88 if pushed to me in the BB if I had 5 BB left. For the purposes of SNGs, I would forget about M (MTT M becomes much more useful), the number of BB you have left is more useful, not mention much easier to calculate on the fly.

I will post later once I have reviewed the rest of the HH.

[Stagemn]

Hand 1 - JTo this early and UTG - auto-fold to me. Don't know table yet nor if PFR possible.

Hand 2 - raise - steal them blinds. He call, C-Bet then check/fold from here on out unless that 2 comes up.

Hand 3 - played poorly. Raise KT in CO to no limpers. C-Bet flop. Don't like the turn raise. Lucky to get river though.

Hand 4 - fold pre-flop UTG & MP.

Hand 5 - fold pre-flop.

Hand 6 - fold pre-flop.

Hand 7 - fold pre-flop.

Hand 8 - word of advice - ATo with this many players still in - fold UTG (PERIOD). When you're down to six players, then yes, open-raise. Full table - auto-fold till MP+.

Hand 9 - good.

Hand 10 - great. Love the flop, though 250 would've been a better bet.

Hand 11 - perfectly played.

Hand 12 - fold to a PFR.

Hand 13 - good I think.

HAnd 14 - ok i guess.

Hand 15 - good.

Hand 16 - nicely played.

Hand 17 - good.

Hand 18 - don't like this UTG. fold it.

Hand 19 - lucky the bluff worked. would've check-folded here though, expecially at such a low level.

Hand 20 - personally I would've limped in here. K3s great multi-way. You may of gotten more money based on flop had you limped.

HAnd 21 - would you consider the table tight at this point to limp it in?

Hand 22 - OESD - on turn - check and see what you get on rvr. You only have 6 to 1 odds of completing. Not enough to warrant a open bet vs. 2 others when checked thru I think.

Hand 23 - dont' bet the flop. OESD a good hand, but check-raise him instead. He may let you see a free card, or fold to a check-push. All pending reads though.

HAnd 24 - nice.

Hand 25 - QTs, 5 players, in CO, RAISE!

2 hands here to discuss. 55 in CO-1 and 88 vs push. 55 is worth pushing. And 88 vs. push... with <10BB. Call it. You're at least a 2 to 1 favorite vs. a random hand. At worst, you're a coin flip vs someone who raises maybe 10% of thier hands. Bad play here.

Hand 26 - questionable push. Pending read mostly. Loose-fold. Tight, push.

You're obviously not playing position here pre-flop. Post-flop needs allot of working too. Don't bluff as much. Semi-bluff when Heads Up and check-raise more often. Position is key. Tight is right. Aggressive is good. Over aggressive is death. Read up on some books.

[mcdonough22]

thanks for the advice and taking the time. I won another won yesterday, so it's coming... sloooowly...