Three important hands after cooler 5.50

[mukaka]

I limped from SB with TT early on after lots of limpers then caught a set but lost to set of Aces who slowplayed and got his Ace on the turn.. Then I'm left with this stack.. I could wait until Hand 1 then I pushed it and won a flip.. Then I didn't know what to do with the other two.. Especially the second one guess I played really bad..

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HAND #1
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Full Tilt Poker, $5 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 30/60 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG+1: 1,390
MP1: 3,490
MP2: 1,790
CO: 1,640
BTN: 1,855
SB: 1,035
BB: 1,880
Hero (UTG): 420

Pre-Flop: (90) 2 2 dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to 420 and is All-In, 5 folds, SB calls 390, BB folds

Flop: (900) 2 4 A (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (900) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (900) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 900 Pot
SB showed A Q (two pair, Aces and Queens) and LOST (-420 NET)
Hero showed 2 2 (three of a kind, Twos) and WON 900 (+480 NET)




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HAND #2
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Full Tilt Poker, $5 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 40/80 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

MP1: 1,500
MP2: 3,580
CO: 1,810
BTN: 1,340
SB: 1,655
BB: 675
UTG: 1,920
Hero (UTG+1): 1,020

Pre-Flop: (120) A Q dealt to Hero (UTG+1)
UTG folds, Hero ???




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HAND #3
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Full Tilt Poker, $5 + $0.50 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 50/100 Blinds, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG+1: 1,500
MP1: 3,580
MP2: 1,810
CO: 1,340
BTN: 1,615
SB: 595
BB: 1,920
Hero (UTG): 1,140

Pre-Flop: (150) A Q dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero ???

[Skeeno]

Hmm nasty them UTG hands . .

22 I'm probably folding even though are stack is miniscule, too many players to act after us - nice result mind.

Hand 2 AQ - nothing wrong with open shoving in my opinion here if you make a standard raise to say 220 you've got a fifth of your stack in here if you get called and if your missing the AQ on the flop then your not liking your hand much esp out of position.

Hand 3 AQ UTG - again with 150 in the pot already I probably just shove it, again you don't want to raise to say 300 and see a three way flop out of position.

[bjsaust]

Hand 1 I'm fairly sure is a fold from UTG.

2 and 3 are easy pushes.

[DetroitHusling101]

1: fold
2: push
3: push

[taipan168]

You are not quite so shortstacked that you have to shove this.Personally I would fold Hand 2, but shoving it is not super -EV.

Agree with the others that 2 and 3 are easy shoves. I would shove AJo in these spots, ATs is really close.

[Unibomber14]

Please explain shoving AQo UTG with 1140 behind. And folding 22 UTG with 420 behind. What do we do with 22 in hand 3?

[bjsaust]

Small pocket pairs fair really badly from EP. 22 is actually an exception for a PP in that its actually a dog v's all hands that call it. Its the wrong side of a coinflip v's AK for instance, and obviously sucks v's any PP.

AQ on the other hand fairs great v's most hands that call us. We have a VERY good chance of dominating any hands that call us (Ax other than AK), a slight advantage v's the rest of the unpaired hands (KQ, etc) and only a slight dog v's most PPs. AQ also fairs best seeing all 5 cards, so even though we have more than 10BBs, shoving is a better option than std raising and missing the flop 2/3 of the time.

22 we fold in hand 3. We dont have implied odds to play for set value if we try to limp (never ever limp small PPs at these blinds) and its just as much a dog as it was in hand 1, except now we're risking more than 10BBs whereas in hand 1 at least we had less than 10BBs to feel desperate about.