a couple of hands to analise

[theBlueTick]

titan poker $1 tourn. 30 players - 10 per table. Final table. Pays top 5

Blinds are 200/400

The villan here is quite tight, but does feel like they steal the occasional hand. However, whenever they show they seem to always have something.

Button (2725)
SB (3355)
Hero BB (7080)
UTG (13635)
UTG+1 (2680)
CO-1 (5710)
CO (9815)

Preflop: Hero is in the BB with Qs Ks
UTG raises to 1400, 5 folds, BB?

Hand 2:

Blinds 400/800,

The villan here seemed ok, raised with a widish range but not any rubbish. Liked to call very wide against short stacks to try to knock them out.

Hero Button (5180)
SB (12435)
BB (3960)
UTG (6405)
UTG+1 (10770)
CO-1 (2140)
CO (4110)

Preflop: Hero is on the Button with 7h 7c
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to 2800, 2 folds, Hero?

[Luco]

I think I could convince myself to fold hand 1 and wait for a slightly better opportunity to shove, but I would love to hear what taipan thinks.

Hand 2 is a shove, with so much in the pot you haven't got much choice.

[taipan168]

Hand 1: I probably fold it, with the read you have I can't imagine opp raising half his/her stack from UTG with all that much that you dominate.

Hand 2: I'm only a novice at MTTs, but I shove pretty happily here with your read and a decent hand.

[Fjaman]

Hand 2 is very close, would he try a steal with A-x UTG+1 ? if the answer is yes then shove, if you feel that the players are playing scared and wont easily call an all in i would fold it and start push 2-3 hands per round to build my stack