Too much passive play for success in 180man turbo SNG $2.20?

[tuuk2]

Never mind hand 5 which I played extremely poorly. However, I'd be interested in how someone else would have played it.

I'm not doing well in these 180-man tourneys. I'm not getting enough cards and I'm not sure if that's the only problem or if there's more to it. It's hard see someone raise in front of you and then want to play your Q-J or J-8.

I'd like to have a little success and I feel that I need to change up my game, maybe open it up more early. Any help here would be truly appreciated. This is typical of my play, I think, in these things. Tight early and then look for opportunities later. I'm not getting many opportunities for the most part and I'm not being aggressive enough to push the action with inferior hands.

The Tournament Trimmer (v2.0) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com

---Tournament Summary---
TSNG: Finished 28/180
Data for 62 hands.
You played 10 hands (16.13%)
You raised 8 times preflop (12.90%)

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #27773055251: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/05/03 12:18:33 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: doubleAbobby (1500)
Seat 2: Karls1 (1500)
Seat 3: HAL7100 (1500)
Seat 4: mimue1979 (1500)
Seat 5: MrsMeliger (1500)
Seat 6: Meteor594 (1500)
Seat 7: Kulkurat IV (1500)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (1500)
Seat 9: Hero (1500)
Karls1: posts small blind 10
HAL7100: posts big blind 20
Preflop
Dealt to Hero A 4
mimue1979: folds
MrsMeliger: folds
Meteor594: calls 20
Kulkurat IV: folds
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: calls 20
doubleAbobby: folds
Karls1: folds
HAL7100: checks
Flop: T 4 K
HAL7100: checks
Meteor594: checks
Hero: bets 80
HAL7100: folds
Meteor594: calls 80
Turn: A
Meteor594: checks
Hero: bets 200
Meteor594: calls 200
River: 5
Meteor594: checks
Hero: bets 400
Meteor594: calls 400
Showdown
Hero: shows A 4 (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Hero collected 1430
Meteor594: mucked A 9

Q J MP (Hero's M = 74.33; f+c+f+f+F+f+f+c+s+s+s+s+b+r+f+c+b+r+c)
9 6 MP2 (Hero's M = 74.33; r+f+F+f+f+f+c+c+s+s+b+f+c+s+b+c+s+s)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 74.33
PokerStars Game #27773177692: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/05/03 12:22:32 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: doubleAbobby (1500)
Seat 2: Karls1 (1490)
Seat 4: mimue1979 (3000)
Seat 5: MrsMeliger (1400)
Seat 6: Meteor594 (260)
Seat 7: Kulkurat IV (2120)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (1500)
Seat 9: Hero (2230)
Meteor594: posts small blind 10
Kulkurat IV: posts big blind 20
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 6 5
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: calls 20
doubleAbobby: folds
Karls1: folds
mimue1979: calls 20
MrsMeliger: calls 20
Meteor594: calls 10
Kulkurat IV: checks
Flop: 6 K T
Meteor594: checks
Kulkurat IV: checks
Hero: checks
mimue1979: checks
MrsMeliger: checks
Turn: 2
Meteor594: checks
Kulkurat IV: checks
Hero: checks
mimue1979: checks
MrsMeliger: bets 80
Meteor594: folds
Kulkurat IV: folds
Hero: folds
mimue1979: calls 80
River: T
mimue1979: bets 160
MrsMeliger: folds
Uncalled bet (160) returned to mimue1979
mimue1979 collected 260

6 5 UTG (Hero's M = 49.11; F+f+f+f+f+[/color]c+f+c+s+s+s+s+s+b+r+f+c+s+b+c)
8 Q BB (Hero's M = 49.11; f+f+c+c+c+c+c+S+s+S+s+b+f+f+f+F+f)
4 J SB (Hero's M = 48.44; f+f+c+c+c+r+f+F+f+c+f+c+s+s+b+f+c)
7 5 Button (Hero's M = 48.11; f+c+f+f+f+f+F+c+s+s+s+b+f+f)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 48.11
PokerStars Game #27773352871: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/05/03 12:28:13 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: doubleAbobby (1440)
Seat 2: Karls1 (1460)
Seat 3: daisyyy13 (1510)
Seat 4: mimue1979 (3220)
Seat 5: efkulas200 (1355)
Seat 6: Meteor594 (645)
Seat 7: Kulkurat IV (1830)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2800)
Seat 9: Hero (2165)
Karls1: posts small blind 15
daisyyy13: posts big blind 30
Preflop
Dealt to Hero A A
mimue1979: calls 30
efkulas200: folds
Meteor594: folds
Kulkurat IV: calls 30
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: raises 150 to 180
doubleAbobby: folds
Karls1: calls 165
daisyyy13: folds
mimue1979: calls 150
Kulkurat IV: folds
Flop: T 8 3
Karls1: checks
mimue1979: checks
Hero: bets 510
Karls1: folds
mimue1979: folds
Uncalled bet (510) returned to Hero
Hero collected 600

2 6 MP (Hero's M = 34.47; f+f+f+f+F+r+f+f+f)
Q 3 MP2 (Hero's M = 34.47; f+r+f+F+f+r+f+f+f+c)
3 Q UTG+2 (Hero's M = 34.47; f+f+F+f+f+f+c+c+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s)
Q 3 UTG+1 (Hero's M = 34.47; f+F+r+f+f+f+f+f+f)
5 A UTG (Hero's M = 34.47; F+f+f+[/color]c+c+c+c+f+s+s+s+b+f+f+f+f)
9 K BB (Hero's M = 34.47; r+c+f+f+f+r+f+F+r+f)
6 8 SB (Hero's M = 16.90; f+f+f+c+c+f+F+s+s+s+s+b+f+c+b+f)
Q 9 Button (Hero's M = 16.57; r+f+r+f+f+F+f+r+c)
5 3 MP (Hero's M = 16.57; f+f+f+F+c+f+f+s+s+b+r+f)
7 T MP2 (Hero's M = 16.57; f+f+F+f+f+f+r+f)
7 5 UTG+2 (Hero's M = 16.57; f+f+F+f+f+f+f+c+s+s+s+b+f)
A 4 UTG+1 (Hero's M = 16.57; f+F+f+f+c+f+c+c+s+b+f+f+f)
8 5 UTG (Hero's M = 11.04; F+[/color]c+f+c+f+f+c+f+s+s+b+f+f+f)
T 3 BB (Hero's M = 11.04; r+f+r+f+f+f+c+f+F+f)
8 6 SB (Hero's M = 10.38; f+c+f+c+r+f+f+F+f+f+f)
4 2 Button (Hero's M = 10.04; r+f+f+f+f+f+F+c+f)
T K CO (Hero's M = 10.04; f+f+c+f+F+f+f+s+b+f)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 10.04
PokerStars Game #27773812517: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2009/05/03 12:43:06 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Flexiplex (7070)
Seat 2: Karls1 (3580)
Seat 4: mimue1979 (2810)
Seat 5: efkulas200 (955)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (6010)
Seat 7: BryFa (2045)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2500)
Seat 9: Hero (2260)
mimue1979: posts small blind 75
efkulas200: posts big blind 150
Preflop
Dealt to Hero Q Q
pokersatan77: raises 450 to 600
BryFa: folds
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: calls 600
Flexiplex: folds
Karls1: folds
mimue1979: folds
efkulas200: folds
Flop: Q J 6
pokersatan77: bets 1050
Hero: raises 610 to 1660 and is all-in
pokersatan77: calls 610
Turn: Q
River: 7
Showdown
pokersatan77: shows J A (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
Hero: shows Q Q (four of a kind, Queens)
Hero collected 4745

J 3 MP2 (Hero's M = 15.82; f+f+F+c+f+c+f+s+s+b+f+f)
8 A UTG+1 (Hero's M = 15.82; f+F+f+f+f+f+r+f)
2 J UTG (Hero's M = 15.82; F+f+f+[/color]c+c+f+f+s+s+s+s+b+f+f)
4 6 BB (Hero's M = 15.82; f+f+f+f+f+r+f+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 15.15
PokerStars Game #27773935939: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/05/03 12:46:58 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Flexiplex (7570)
Seat 2: Karls1 (3580)
Seat 3: carrera888 (2030)
Seat 4: jogabon01 (2076)
Seat 5: efkulas200 (505)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (4050)
Seat 7: BryFa (1745)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2900)
Seat 9: Hero (4545)
Hero: posts small blind 100
Flexiplex: posts big blind 200
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 6 Q
Karls1: folds
carrera888: folds
jogabon01: folds
efkulas200: folds
pokersatan77: folds
BryFa: folds
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: raises 400 to 600
Flexiplex: raises 400 to 1000
Hero: calls 400
Flop: A K 5
Hero: bets 1000
Flexiplex: calls 1000
Turn: Q
Hero: checks
Flexiplex: checks
River: J
Hero: bets 600
Flexiplex: calls 600
Showdown
Hero: shows 6 Q (a pair of Queens)
Flexiplex: shows T T (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Flexiplex collected 5200

8 5 Button (Hero's M = 6.48; f+f+f+f+f+f+F+c+s+s+b+f)
7 Q CO (Hero's M = 6.48; c+f+f+f+f+F+c+f+s+s+s+b+f+f)
5 3 CO (Hero's M = 5.19; f+f+f+f+F+r+f+f)
3 5 MP (Hero's M = 5.12; f+f+f+F+f+r+c+c)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 5.05
PokerStars Game #27774043780: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/05/03 12:50:19 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: exsapper (870)
Seat 2: Karls1 (4205)
Seat 3: carrera888 (79)
Seat 4: jogabon01 (3807)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (4000)
Seat 7: BryFa (1695)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2850)
Seat 9: Hero (1895)
pokersatan77: posts small blind 125
BryFa: posts big blind 250
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 9 A
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: raises 1620 to 1870 and is all-in
exsapper: folds
Karls1: folds
carrera888: calls 54 and is all-in
jogabon01: calls 1870
pokersatan77: folds
BryFa: folds
Flop: T 2 A
Turn: 9
River: 2
Showdown
Hero: shows 9 A (two pair, Aces and Nines)
jogabon01: shows Q Q (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
Hero collected 3899
carrera888: shows K T (two pair, Tens and Deuces)
Hero collected 470

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 11.65
PokerStars Game #27774063122: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/05/03 12:50:55 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: exsapper (845)
Seat 2: Karls1 (4180)
Seat 4: jogabon01 (1912)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (3850)
Seat 7: BryFa (1420)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2825)
Seat 9: Hero (4369)
BryFa: posts small blind 125
Jim1983Pim: posts big blind 250
Preflop
Dealt to Hero J A
Hero: raises 500 to 750
exsapper: folds
Karls1: folds
jogabon01: folds
pokersatan77: folds
BryFa: folds
Jim1983Pim: folds
Uncalled bet (500) returned to Hero
Hero collected 800

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 13.05
PokerStars Game #27774077131: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/05/03 12:51:21 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: exsapper (820)
Seat 2: Karls1 (4155)
Seat 4: jogabon01 (1887)
Seat 5: Albatross77 (3880)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (3825)
Seat 7: BryFa (1270)
Seat 8: Jim1983Pim (2550)
Seat 9: Hero (4894)
Jim1983Pim: posts small blind 125
Hero: posts big blind 250
Preflop
Dealt to Hero K 8
exsapper: calls 250
Karls1: folds
jogabon01: folds
Albatross77: folds
pokersatan77: folds
BryFa: folds
Jim1983Pim: folds
Hero: raises 750 to 1000
exsapper: calls 545 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (205) returned to Hero
Flop: 5 Q K
Turn: Q
River: T
Showdown
Hero: shows K 8 (two pair, Kings and Queens)
exsapper: shows K J (two pair, Kings and Queens - Jack kicker)
exsapper collected 1915

4 6 SB (Hero's M = 10.86; r+f+f+f+f+f+F+f)
T 4 Button (Hero's M = 10.46; f+f+f+f+f+F+f)
6 5 CO (Hero's M = 10.40; f+f+f+f+F+c+c+s+s+s+b+c+f+s+b+r+c)
2 T CO (Hero's M = 8.61; r+r+f+F+f+f+f+c)
K 6 MP2 (Hero's M = 8.55; f+f+F+f+r+r+f+f+c)
6 T UTG+1 (Hero's M = 8.50; f+F+f+r+f+c+r+f+r+c)
Q 7 UTG (Hero's M = 8.44; F+f+f+f+[/color]r+f+c+f)
T 3 SB (Hero's M = 8.39; f+r+f+f+f+f+F+c+s+b+f)
8 3 Button (Hero's M = 8.00; f+f+r+f+f+F+f+f)
J 4 CO (Hero's M = 5.96; f+r+f+f+F+f+f+f)
T 7 MP (Hero's M = 5.87; r+f+f+F+f+f+f+f)
8 A MP2 (Hero's M = 5.79; f+f+F+f+r+f+f+f)
4 5 UTG+1 (Hero's M = 5.71; f+F+f+f+f+f+r+f)
4 7 BB (Hero's M = 5.62; f+f+f+f+r+r+F+f)
5 3 SB (Hero's M = 4.87; f+f+f+f+r+F+f)
5 9 Button (Hero's M = 4.46; r+f+f+f+F+f+f)
8 3 CO (Hero's M = 4.37; f+f+c+f+f+F+f+c+s+s+s+b+r+f+f)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 2.86
PokerStars Game #27774499596: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2009/05/03 13:04:18 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DrJWattson (10365)
Seat 2: Karls1 (8870)
Seat 3: ggeniusjc101 (6808)
Seat 4: maaske51 (4145)
Seat 5: Albatross77 (5990)
Seat 6: pokersatan77 (5385)
Seat 7: Kenneth@Joel (11385)
Seat 9: Hero (2574)
ggeniusjc101: posts small blind 300
maaske51: posts big blind 600
Preflop
Dealt to Hero J J
Albatross77: folds
pokersatan77: folds
Kenneth@Joel: folds
Hero: raises 1924 to 2524 and is all-in
DrJWattson: folds
Karls1: folds
ggeniusjc101: folds
maaske51: folds
Uncalled bet (1924) returned to Hero
Hero collected 1900

5 8 MP2 (Hero's M = 4.25; c+f+F+f+f+f+f+s+s+b+r+c)
7 8 UTG (Hero's M = 4.19; F+[/color]r+f+f+r+f+f+r+c)
Q 8 BB (Hero's M = 4.14; f+f+f+f+r+f+F)
J 9 SB (Hero's M = 3.42; f+f+f+r+f+F+f)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 3.03
PokerStars Game #27774615896: Tournament #160691650, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2009/05/03 13:07:44 ET
Table '160691650 4' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: DrJWattson (6420)
Seat 2: Karls1 (8620)
Seat 3: ggeniusjc101 (6258)
Seat 4: maaske51 (7340)
Seat 5: Albatross77 (13925)
Seat 7: Kenneth@Joel (10235)
Seat 9: Hero (2724)
DrJWattson: posts small blind 300
Karls1: posts big blind 600
Preflop
Dealt to Hero A Q
ggeniusjc101: folds
maaske51: raises 600 to 1200
Albatross77: folds
Kenneth@Joel: folds
Hero: raises 1474 to 2674 and is all-in
DrJWattson: folds
Karls1: folds
maaske51: calls 1474
Flop: 2 T 4
Turn: 3
River: 5
Showdown
maaske51: shows 6 6 (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Hero: shows A Q (a straight, Ace to Five)
maaske51 collected 6598

[Sprayed]

Hand 1: Taking a stab at the flop is fine.

Hand 2: Fold pre.

Hand 3: Good

KhTs: You folded this, but these are spots that you might be able to shove over limpers when you are in lp and have a <10M stack. If you shoved this hand it would probably be marginal, but you should look for these spots.

Hand 4: Just shove it in pre. I hope that you were willing to go all the way regardless of the flop.

Hand 5: Read dependant to even raise him. Def. fold to the reraise. Yeah, you’re getting odds to call but I don’t think that you have a stack to do so. Conserve your chips.

8s5d: Might be a close shove.

Hand 6: Fine

Hand 7: I might raise to just 2.5. Some could argue a shove.

Hand 8: Standard

Ah8s: This is a close shove.

Hand 9: Standard

Hand 10: standard

For the most part you need to work on your shoving ranges when 10M or less. Look for spots to shove over limpers when you’re in lp. Also, shove on 10bb stacks with almost any two. Other than this, this just looks like variance. Hard to tell on some of the hands that you folded but they looked like you might have been able to shove a couple.

[AlaskanShark]

Ty I learned some good info from this.