Couple of hands

[trilerian]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00+$0.20 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t1500)
Button (t1490)
SB (t1630)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1380)
Hero (UTG+1) (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)

Hero's M: 50.00

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with ,
UTG raises to t60, Hero calls t60, 7 folds

Flop: (t150) , , (2 players)
UTG bets t100, Hero calls t100

Turn: (t350) (2 players)
UTG bets t200, Hero ?

Do we call this down to the river, should we raise at any point? If we flat the turn, do we fold to a shove on the river if we don't improve?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00+$0.20 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t1480)
SB (t1330)
BB (t1930)
UTG (t1390)
Hero (MP1) (t3440)
MP2 (t1010)
CO (t1450)

Hero's M: 114.67

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with ,
1 fold, Hero raises to t60, 1 fold, MP2 calls t60, CO calls t60, 3 folds

Flop: (t210) , , (3 players)
Hero bets t120, 1 fold, CO calls t120

Turn: (t450) (2 players)
Hero bets t220, CO calls t220

River: (t890) (2 players)
Hero bets ?

I'm pretty sure we have opp beat, how much does he call on the river?

[gingerwizard]

Hand 1, fold preflop. This is why I fold AJs in EP, and why it goes in the muck to a raise.

Hand 2, bet 500 call a shove

[taipan168]

Hand 1 (AJo) - fold preflop from UTG+1 to an UTG raise. This is the classic reverse implied odds hand, where you can't get away from top pair on the flop but you might well be outkicked.

As played, it's a tough spot on the turn, you have no idea whether you're ahead or behind, to me the choice is either call or fold but I can't decide which is better because I'd never be in this spot in the first place.

Hand 2 (AQo) - 80 preflop, 150 on the flop, 400 on the turn, shove river.

[trilerian]

Hand 1 (AJo) - fold preflop from UTG+1 to an UTG raise. This is the classic reverse implied odds hand, where you can't get away from top pair on the flop but you might well be outkicked.

As played, it's a tough spot on the turn, you have no idea whether you're ahead or behind, to me the choice is either call or fold but I can't decide which is better because I'd never be in this spot in the first place.

Hand 2 (AQo) - 80 preflop, 150 on the flop, 400 on the turn, shove river.

I normally fold AJs to a raise in ep, but figured I would try to play this since I had position on the aggressor. If anyone 3-bets I am definitely out. I ended up raising the turn, got a call and spiked a J on the river. But that doesn't really matter as I shouldn't have been in the hand to begin with. Out of curiosity, do we flat the pre flop bet on the button with AJs?

Hand 2, your advice would normally be my line, but I feel I have been losing out on chips by betting 3/4 to full pot bets. Should I not worry about that and continue to bet strong then?

[baudib]

Hand 2 (AQo) - 80 preflop, 150 on the flop, 400 on the turn, shove river.

I think this line is fine, however, do you ever give up on the turn if you get raised?

[trilerian]

Hand 2 (AQo) - 80 preflop, 150 on the flop, 400 on the turn, shove river.

I think this line is fine, however, do you ever give up on the turn if you get raised?

That turn, no. I didn't mean I was losing the hands, only that people fold to me, when I want their chips.

[taipan168]

I normally fold AJs to a raise in ep, but figured I would try to play this since I had position on the aggressor. If anyone 3-bets I am definitely out. I ended up raising the turn, got a call and spiked a J on the river. But that doesn't really matter as I shouldn't have been in the hand to begin with. Out of curiosity, do we flat the pre flop bet on the button with AJs?

The other factor to consider is that you have all those players to act after you, if they 3-bet you would have to fold, but if they flat they will have position on you. At this stage it is not inconceivable that they would flat with AQ and AK so I fold it.

I would also fold to an UTG raise if I was on the button unless there were a bunch of cold callers as well.

Hand 2, your advice would normally be my line, but I feel I have been losing out on chips by betting 3/4 to full pot bets. Should I not worry about that and continue to bet strong then?

Yes, I bet strong in this hand, I'm not worried about being beat. If opps fold to a 3/4 pot bet, they'll fold to a smaller bet (presumably because they don't have a piece of the board or a draw).

[baudib]

Well I'll rephrase my question differently:

How often do you think you're getting 3-streets of value with TP2K in spots like this? I realize this is a low buy-in SnG, but still.

I don't mind stacking here but I can also see merit in going for pot control on the turn.