Couple of hands from $3.40 Turbo SNG - 10 man

[tuuk2]

I played this SNG with an aggressive mindset. I don't think I was LAGGY, but I really pushed hard on the hands I had. Here are my stats for the session:

---Tournament Summary---
$3.40 Turbo SNG: Finished 1/10 for $15.00
Data for 52 hands.
You played 12 hands (23.08%)
You raised 9 times preflop (17.31%)

Now here are two hands from the session that I'd like your feedback on. The first hand I had was 10-10 in the CO. There was a small raise in front and one caller with one player to act after me. I called knowing I had position. If someone had pushed behind me, I probably have to throw this hand away since I'm pretty much playing it for set value.

Hero's M = 32.56
PokerStars Game #25825268914: Tournament #146958857, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/03/10 19:39:03 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '146958857 1' 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: NewCommander (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Lio Nunez (1945 in chips)
Seat 3: Doctah.zUes. (1260 in chips)
Seat 4: Nataya19 (2160 in chips)
Seat 5: SeventhDay (2015 in chips)
Seat 6: tuuk2 (1465 in chips)
Seat 7: Mainhattan (1455 in chips)
Seat 8: jbonez1 (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: DiebPorto (1380 in chips)
Seat 10: govert57 (350 in chips)
jbonez1: posts small blind 15
DiebPorto: posts big blind 30
Preflop: tuuk2 dealt T T
govert57: folds
NewCommander: folds
Lio Nunez: folds
Doctah.zUes.: folds
Nataya19: calls 30
SeventhDay: raises 60 to 90

tuuk2: calls 90
Mainhattan: folds
jbonez1: folds
DiebPorto: calls 60
Nataya19: calls 60
Flop: T K A
DiebPorto: bets 30

Nataya19: folds
SeventhDay: raises 150 to 180

tuuk2: raises 1195 to 1375 and is all-in

DiebPorto: folds
SeventhDay: calls 1195
Turn: 9
River: 5
Showdown:
SeventhDay: shows A Q (a pair of Aces)
tuuk2: shows T T (three of a kind, Tens)
tuuk2 collected 3155 from pot

Does anyone like this play or should I have re-raised pre-flop? I put the initial raiser on Ax and after the flop, I knew I was probably way ahead but extremely vulnerable.

Second hand. In this case, I had one limper who happened to be second in chips. I don't know why but I decided that he might come along for the ride if I pushed here. It's not something I'd normally do, but I had a gut feeling about it.

Again, does anyone agree or disagree with this play? If I lose, I'm pretty much done since I'd have about $700-800 chips left, but seeing the flop, I would have had a dilemma on my hands with a gutshot and a certain raise from the Villain.

PokerStars Game #25825506870: Tournament #146958857, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/03/10 19:46:00 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '146958857 1' 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: NewCommander (1475 in chips)
Seat 2: Lio Nunez (1870 in chips)
Seat 4: Nataya19 (2975 in chips)
Seat 5: SeventhDay (1345 in chips)
Seat 6: tuuk2 (3205 in chips)
Seat 7: Mainhattan (1355 in chips)
Seat 8: jbonez1 (1455 in chips)
Seat 9: DiebPorto (1320 in chips)
Mainhattan: posts small blind 50
jbonez1: posts big blind 100
Preflop: tuuk2 dealt A K
DiebPorto: folds
NewCommander: folds
Lio Nunez: folds
Nataya19: calls 100
SeventhDay: folds
tuuk2: raises 3105 to 3205 and is all-in

Mainhattan: folds
jbonez1: folds
Nataya19: calls 2875 and is all-in

Uncalled bet (230) returned to tuuk2
Flop: 5 T J
Turn: K
River: 4
Showdown:
Nataya19: shows Q T (a pair of Tens)
tuuk2: shows A K (a pair of Kings)
tuuk2 collected 6100 from pot

The reason why I ask these questions is I'm trying to not to get results orientated. Sure, I like the results, but I'm more interested in making the right play at the right time.

[fulksy]

i like the first play and would play it generally the same way except i might reraise a bit less on the flop then shove the turn. preflop i call as well early in a tourny mostly playing for set value. but a leak in my game is that i do have trouble with 9's 10's and j's when i have an over pair after the flop i seem to over value them.

but i don't really understand the push with AK, if he folds your getting no value from your big hand and if you do get a call theirs a good chance your on the wrong side of the flip against the second stack. i really don't understand the play. you want a call? your hoping he calls with AQ? because most players won't call with AJ or worse, of course worked out and his call was sick, but thats gonna be rare even at the low stakes.

also even if you know hes calling wide do you really want to play for almost allyour chips with a 60/40 edge. would like to see the icm math if your sure he's calling. anyways i standard raise pre.

[tuuk2]

Actually, I didn't think he would call. I was hoping to get one of the other much shorter stacks to call. I thought my aggressive approach would make them think I was bluffing. Apparently, it only made the 2nd stack think I was bluffing.

As you stated, I would normally raise about 3x-4xbb there, but I guess I was experimenting with hyper-aggressiveness to see where it would lead. I don't think I'd do it again unless I had a huge chip lead.

[taipan168]

I agree with what fulksy said, he pretty much covered it. I may also re-raise a bit less but then you need to get your chips in on the turn even if a scare card comes (ie. a broadway card).

BTW tuuk, don't post results as they can influence what people think about the hand - I have edited them out of your post.