am i too afraid/tentative???

[oneman426]

Here are 2 hands that woulda given me a very healthy stack and most likely would have enabled to me easily cruise ITM but I lost my nerve and folded each time when I would have won thousands of chips. In the first hand button is a total donk so I thought omg he donked a low pair maybe even the trips. Then of course theres the 3 flush on board. But wtih only a bet of 600 should I have taken that? I knew no one had Js since we all checked hte turn. PErhaps I should fired off another bet then? Just wasn't so sure in this situation.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (8 handed) - Converter Tool from

MP2 (t2190)
CO (t8355)
Button (t3430)
SB (t2095)
BB (t5090)
UTG (t1775)
UTG+1 (t1380)
Hero (MP1) (t2530)

Hero's M: 16.87

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Kd, As
3 folds, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, CO calls t600, Button calls t600, 2 folds

Flop: (t1950) Jc, 5d, 4c (3 players)
Hero bets t300, CO calls t300, Button calls t300

Turn: (t2850) 6h (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button checks

River: (t2850) 5c (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets t600, Hero folds, CO calls t600

Total pot: t4050


2nd hand preflop all-ins with a couple donks. Man did it hurt like a punch to the gut to see this. With 2 donks going all in I figured there were at least 2 Arags in this one. Turned out it was A8, AK, and 76. Multiple all-in's in these tourneys clue me off that there are probably at least 2 Aces out there meaning the likelihood of an A hitting the board is much smaller. This also happened in another tourney when I folded in a similar situation wtih pocket 8s and woulda won that as well due to the villains holding all the aces. But seriously I couldn't call wtih KJ right???

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 75/150 Blinds (9 handed) - Converter Tool from

MP1 (t5760)
MP2 (t7515)
MP3 (t1630)
CO (t2195)
Button (t4503)
SB (t1175)
BB (t5372)
UTG (t953)
Hero (UTG+1) (t1330)

Hero's M: 5.91

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Kc, Js
UTG raises to t953 (All-In), 4 folds, CO calls t953, 2 folds, BB raises to t1756, CO calls t803

Flop: (t4540) Jc, 8s, 6d (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB bets t450, CO calls t439 (All-In)

Turn: (t5418) Jd (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t5418) Jh (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t5418

[fjuanl]

i dont recommending making it 6x with ak. size your raises the same regardless of your hand so you cant be easily read. i would usually check/fold that flop. if you decide to bet it should be a shove since you only have a potsized bet left

2nd hand is a very easy fold. I would fold this hand even if UTG had folded

[hopeful]

I dont like the way you played the first hand. A 6bb raise is two big its almost a quarter of your stack. If it gets called its likely you face a pair. The flop bet of about 15% of the pot looks really weak and was caused by that big opening bet. The villains would have read your missed ace and acted accordingly.

The second hand is a fold although you will have to move soon, blinds are coming and will reduce your M towards 3. You might decide to bet on a double up or bust strategy.

[sinister1]

Hand 1: Make it 2.5-4xbb preflop. If you miss with AK you should NOT cbet into 2 opponents. If there is just one you do it depending on flop texture.

Hand 2: Fold preflop KJ is a losing hand in early position.