$5.50 PS SnG

[ThelVlaster]

Hello all. I am just getting back into poker again. Previously I have tried cash games and was playing at the 0.25/0.50 level, before I cashed out from boredom. I am newly interested in tournaments and enjoy the dynamics of tournament play. I understand some of the basics (Thanks to FTR), but I am always interested in improving my game.

Please be brutally honest, I'm curious on missed opportunities as far as stealing the blinds go (when shortstacked).

Reads:
Trebor is a bad player, SS says -11% ROI over 1100 games. I saw him minraise on a really scary board when he paired his ace on the river.

Thanks,
Will

The Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) was developed by JeffreyGB at http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com.

---Tournament Summary---
$5.50 SNG: Finished 6/9 for $0
Data for 61 hands.
You played 10 hands (16.39%)
You raised 5 times preflop (8.20%)

2 K UTG (M = 50.00; F)

-----Hand 1-----
Heros M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #27407049653: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/04/23 12:59:51 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: kelli8 (1240 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1760 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1500 in chips)
DirtyDeeds61: posts small blind 10
Hero: posts big blind 20
Preflop: Hero dealt J A
trebor1169: raises 20 to 40
sisqbates: calls 40
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: folds
MG30092: folds
Hrennik: folds
kelli8: folds
DirtyDeeds61: calls 30
Hero: calls 20
Flop: 3 7 3
DirtyDeeds61: bets 80
Hero: folds
trebor1169: calls 80
sisqbates: folds
Turn: 4
DirtyDeeds61: bets 80
trebor1169: raises 80 to 160
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Uncalled bet (80) returned to trebor1169
trebor1169 collected 480 from pot
trebor1169: doesnt show hand


8 4 SB (M = 48.67; f+f+f+f+f+c+f+F)

-----Hand 2-----
Heros M = 48.33
PokerStars Game #27407102876: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/04/23 13:01:33 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: kelli8 (1350 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1560 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1450 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (1680 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1500 in chips)
trebor1169: posts small blind 10
sisqbates: posts big blind 20
Preflop: Hero dealt T J
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: folds
MG30092: folds
Hrennik: folds
kelli8: calls 20
DirtyDeeds61: calls 20
Hero: calls 20
trebor1169: calls 10
sisqbates: checks
Flop: 7 9 8
trebor1169: checks
sisqbates: checks
kelli8: bets 120
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: raises 240 to 360
trebor1169: calls 360
sisqbates: folds
kelli8: calls 240
Turn: 6
trebor1169: bets 1300 and is all-in
kelli8: folds
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet (1300) returned to trebor1169
trebor1169 collected 1180 from pot
trebor1169: doesnt show hand


T Q CO (M = 35.67; f+f+f+c+f+F)
A 9 CO-1 (M = 35.67; f+f+f+f+F)
5 8 MP2 (M = 35.67; f+f+f+F)
7 9 MP1 (M = 35.67; f+f+F)
7 8 UTG+1 (M = 35.67; f+F)
9 K UTG (M = 35.67; F)
K 3 BB (M = 35.67; r+f+f+f+f+f+f+c+F)

-----Hand 3-----
Heros M = 23.33
PokerStars Game #27407342081: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/04/23 13:09:06 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1670 in chips)
Seat 2: kelli8 (810 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1180 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1050 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (2820 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1610 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1530 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1360 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 15
trebor1169: posts big blind 30
Preflop: Hero dealt 8 5
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: calls 30
MG30092: folds
Hrennik: folds
kelli8: calls 30
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: calls 15
trebor1169: checks
Flop: 5 A 7
Hero: checks
trebor1169: checks
steeplejack: checks
kelli8: bets 180
Hero: folds
trebor1169: folds
steeplejack: folds
Uncalled bet (180) returned to kelli8
kelli8 collected 120 from pot
kelli8: doesnt show hand


A T BU (M = 22.67; f+f+f+f+f+r+F)
8 6 CO (M = 22.67; f+f+f+f+c+F)
3 7 CO-1 (M = 22.67; f+f+f+f+F)
9 J MP2 (M = 22.67; f+c+f+F)
8 2 MP1 (M = 22.67; f+f+F)
7 9 UTG+1 (M = 22.67; f+F)

-----Hand 4-----
Heros M = 22.67
PokerStars Game #27407465875: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/04/23 13:12:58 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1625 in chips)
Seat 2: kelli8 (840 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1020 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (2955 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1565 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1425 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1575 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1225 in chips)
kelli8: posts small blind 15
DirtyDeeds61: posts big blind 30
Preflop: Hero dealt A J
Hero: raises 90 to 120
trebor1169: folds
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: folds
MG30092: calls 120
Hrennik: folds
kelli8: folds
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Flop: 6 3 K
Hero: bets 210
MG30092: folds
Uncalled bet (210) returned to Hero
Hero collected 285 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


J K BB (M = 26.33; f+f+r+f+f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Heros M = 25.67
PokerStars Game #27407517031: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/04/23 13:14:30 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1625 in chips)
Seat 2: kelli8 (825 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1225 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1155 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (2955 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1565 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1575 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1105 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 15
trebor1169: posts big blind 30
Preflop: Hero dealt J 8
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: folds
MG30092: calls 30
Hrennik: folds
kelli8: folds
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: calls 15
trebor1169: checks
Flop: 6 A 3
Hero: checks
trebor1169: checks
MG30092: checks
Turn: 2
Hero: checks
trebor1169: checks
MG30092: checks
River: 8
Hero: checks
trebor1169: bets 90
MG30092: calls 90
Hero: folds
Showdown:
trebor1169: shows Q K (high card Ace)
MG30092: shows 7 7 (a pair of Sevens)
MG30092 collected 270 from pot


K 3 BU (M = 25.00; f+f+f+f+f+f+F)
4 9 CO (M = 25.00; f+f+f+r+c+F)
K 6 CO-1 (M = 25.00; f+f+f+c+F)
9 6 MP2 (M = 25.00; c+f+f+F)
7 3 MP1 (M = 25.00; r+f+F)
T 6 UTG+1 (M = 15.00; f+F)

-----Hand 6-----
Heros M = 15.00
PokerStars Game #27407712672: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/04/23 13:19:54 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (1540 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1330 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1125 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (2790 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (1520 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (2320 in chips)
Seat 8: steeplejack (1665 in chips)
Seat 9: MG30092 (1210 in chips)
DirtyDeeds61: posts small blind 25
Hero: posts big blind 50
Preflop: Hero dealt 5 K
trebor1169: calls 50
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
steeplejack: folds
MG30092: folds
Hrennik: folds
DirtyDeeds61: calls 25
Hero: checks
Flop: T 5 J
DirtyDeeds61: bets 100
Hero: folds
trebor1169: calls 100
Turn: 8
DirtyDeeds61: bets 250
trebor1169: calls 250
River: A
DirtyDeeds61: bets 350
trebor1169: raises 350 to 700
DirtyDeeds61: calls 350
Showdown:
trebor1169: shows 9 A (a pair of Aces)
DirtyDeeds61: shows J J (three of a kind, Jacks)
DirtyDeeds61 collected 2250 from pot


5 J SB (M = 14.33; f+f+c+f+f+f+F)
4 3 BU (M = 14.00; f+c+f+c+f+F)
T 2 CO (M = 14.00; f+f+f+f+F)
5 T MP2 (M = 14.00; r+f+f+F)
4 A MP1 (M = 14.00; f+f+F)
A 4 UTG+1 (M = 14.00; f+F)
6 T UTG (M = 14.00; F)
9 J BB (M = 14.00; f+f+f+r+f+r+f+F)
3 T SB (M = 13.33; f+f+c+f+f+F)
A 9 BU (M = 13.00; f+f+r+f+F)
7 T CO (M = 13.00; f+f+r+F)
K 9 MP1 (M = 13.00; f+r+F)
4 Q UTG+1 (M = 6.50; f+F)
9 3 UTG (M = 6.50; F)
7 5 BB (M = 6.50; f+f+f+p+f+f+F)
J 3 SB (M = 5.83; f+f+r+f+f+F)
9 7 BU (M = 5.50; f+f+f+F)
T 5 CO (M = 5.50; r+f+F)
3 8 MP1 (M = 5.50; f+F)
3 5 UTG (M = 5.50; F)
6 J BB (M = 5.50; f+f+p+f+f+F)

-----Hand 7-----
Heros M = 4.83
PokerStars Game #27408229647: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/04/23 13:34:10 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (2980 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1655 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (725 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (3975 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (3340 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (825 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 50
trebor1169: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt T 6
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
Hrennik: folds
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: raises 625 to 725 and is all-in
trebor1169: folds
Uncalled bet (625) returned to Hero
Hero collected 200 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


7 J BU (M = 5.50; f+r+f+F)
5 3 CO (M = 5.50; f+f+F)
3 2 MP1 (M = 5.50; f+F)
3 7 UTG (M = 5.50; F)
T 9 BB (M = 5.50; f+r+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 8-----
Heros M = 4.83
PokerStars Game #27408316732: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/04/23 13:36:30 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (3130 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1505 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (725 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (4725 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (2590 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (825 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 50
trebor1169: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt 5 8
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
Hrennik: folds
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: raises 625 to 725 and is all-in
trebor1169: folds
Uncalled bet (625) returned to Hero
Hero collected 200 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


9 8 BU (M = 5.50; c+f+f+F)

-----Hand 9-----
Heros M = 5.50
PokerStars Game #27408357485: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/04/23 13:37:36 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (3130 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1505 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (825 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (4525 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (2340 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (1175 in chips)
sisqbates: posts small blind 50
ssporty83: posts big blind 100
Preflop: Hero dealt 9 9
Hrennik: folds
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: raises 725 to 825 and is all-in
trebor1169: folds
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
Uncalled bet (725) returned to Hero
Hero collected 250 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand


T J MP1 (M = 6.50; f+F)
Q T UTG (M = 6.50; F)

-----Hand 10-----
Heros M = 4.33
PokerStars Game #27408429561: Tournament #158136608, $5.00+$0.50 Holdem No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2009/04/23 13:39:33 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table 158136608 1 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Hrennik (3630 in chips)
Seat 3: DirtyDeeds61 (1305 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (975 in chips)
Seat 5: trebor1169 (4325 in chips)
Seat 6: sisqbates (2290 in chips)
Seat 7: ssporty83 (975 in chips)
DirtyDeeds61: posts small blind 75
Hero: posts big blind 150
Preflop: Hero dealt T K
trebor1169: folds
sisqbates: folds
ssporty83: folds
Hrennik: raises 180 to 330
DirtyDeeds61: folds
Hero: raises 645 to 975 and is all-in
Hrennik: calls 645
Flop: 6 A 3
Turn: 5
River: 7
Showdown:
Hero: shows T K (high card Ace)
Hrennik: shows 3 3 (three of a kind, Threes)
Hrennik collected 2025 from pot

[taipan168]

1. AJo - because of pot odds calling the raise is fine, but be sure not to lose a lot of chips on an A or J high flop. This is called reverse implied odds.

2. JTo - I'd fold preflop (if they were suited I'd limp as you did). As played, flop is fine but I definitely call the turn shove against a player this bad. There are plenty of hands that you beat here that he will shove, he definitely doesn't always have the flush, he could have a bare T, a single diamond flush draw, two pair, even A9.

3. 85s - personally I fold preflop, this is just a bit weak for me, if there were more limpers I'd complete but 5:1 isn't really good enough with this crap

4. AJs - fine, you could also fold preflop because you're UTG. If they were offsuit I'd fold

5. J8s - same as hand 3, fold preflop

Rest was fine, all the shoves were good and I don't think you missed any hands that you should have shoved.

[ThelVlaster]

2. JTo - I'd fold preflop (if they were suited I'd limp as you did). As played, flop is fine but I definitely call the turn shove against a player this bad. There are plenty of hands that you beat here that he will shove, he definitely doesn't always have the flush, he could have a bare T, a single diamond flush draw, two pair, even A9

I forgot to mention that this was the first hand I played against this player and I didn't have a read for him until I saw him showdown later hands. What would you do against an unknown?

Rest was fine, all the shoves were good and I don't think you missed any hands that you should have shoved.

How about the hand I busted on? It looks like my RRAI puts the pot at 1530 and he has to call 675, which is about 2.4 to 1 to call, but our stack sizes are so different, do I ever get a fold here?

Oh and btw, thank you for your feedback

[cag8f]

What about the last hand Tai? I haven't run it through Wiz, but it seems like KTs is a bit loose to shove over a button raise. There's certainly no fold equity. Because of that, you're basically calling an all-in with KTs, which doesn't seem right. I'll check it in Wiz sometime this weekend.

[taipan168]

Rest was fine, all the shoves were good and I don't think you missed any hands that you should have shoved.

How about the hand I busted on? It looks like my RRAI puts the pot at 1530 and he has to call 675, which is about 2.4 to 1 to call, but our stack sizes are so different, do I ever get a fold here?

I ran it through Wiz, and provided that he's raising at least 30% of hands (22+, A2+, K8o+, K4s+, QJo, Q9s+, JTs) and never folds (which I don't think he will) then it's a good shove over. Considering he's the second stack and you and SB are the short stacks, I'd say there's a good chance that he's raising at least this wide.