Some hands

[Illfavor]

Played my first few $4.40 180 man tourneys in awhile last night, and ran into some spots where I was lost.

Villain was tight preflop but opened it up when it was folded around to him. I only have around 40% equity against a calling range of 66+, AJo+, but should have some FE. Should I wait for a better spot to make a move?
-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 8.03
PokerStars Game #28704636895: Tournament #167235292, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/05/27 23:50:23 CT [2009/05/28 0:50:23 ET]
Table '167235292 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: GFK 23 (4463)
Seat 2: JeepinFl (8820)
Seat 4: ItsASickJoke (5220)
Seat 5: Hero (3010)
Seat 6: losted1989 (2430)
Seat 7: tolaje (14405)
Seat 8: koreanalalle (3815)
Seat 9: mamatz (20070)
losted1989: posts small blind 125
tolaje: posts big blind 250
Preflop
Dealt to Hero A J
koreanalalle: folds
mamatz: folds
GFK 23: folds
JeepinFl: folds
ItsASickJoke: raises 350 to 600
Hero: raises 2385 to 2985 and is all-in


Is this standard?
-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 8.73
PokerStars Game #28704756689: Tournament #167235292, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2009/05/27 23:57:10 CT [2009/05/28 0:57:10 ET]
Table '167235292 3' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: GFK 23 (3888)
Seat 2: JeepinFl (16040)
Seat 4: ItsASickJoke (3808)
Seat 5: Hero (3272)
Seat 7: tolaje (13080)
Seat 8: Skye360 (5681)
Seat 9: mamatz (26740)
Skye360: posts small blind 125
mamatz: posts big blind 250
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 6 6
GFK 23: folds
JeepinFl: calls 250
ItsASickJoke: folds
Hero: raises 2997 to 3247 and is all-in

I think this is probably spew. I'm not sure how much I should be relying on FE in these sorts of spots. Am I looking to have like 50% or greater equity against their calling range, or can it be somewhat less due to FE? (if so, how much less is too low? 45%?)
-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 9.05
PokerStars Game #28704844692: Tournament #167235292, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2009/05/28 0:02:09 CT [2009/05/28 1:02:09 ET]
Table '167235292 3' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: GFK 23 (3888)
Seat 2: JeepinFl (16090)
Seat 3: javier70000 (9291)
Seat 5: Hero (4072)
Seat 6: popeye5654 (8700)
Seat 7: tolaje (20413)
Seat 8: Skye360 (2131)
Seat 9: mamatz (26190)
Skye360: posts small blind 150
mamatz: posts big blind 300
Preflop
Dealt to Hero 4 A
GFK 23: folds
JeepinFl: raises 900 to 1200
javier70000: folds
Hero: raises 2847 to 4047 and is all-in

It was a good experience, but I'm starting to see how important it will be for me to understand shortstack play, since that's how things will be midway through the tournament most of the time.

Thanks for any responses!

[drmcboy]

1) good, I would need a really specific read not to shove

2) good if he limps a lot, bad if he raises a lot or plays like 8/3.

3) fold , you probably have zero FE vs a 4x EP raise with this stack. And it's easier than you think for someone to pick up a hand behind you which damages your equity.

re : or can it be somewhat less due to FE? (if so, how much less is too low? 45%?)

you can do the math. Put V on a raising range, then decide what he'll call with. If he folds 1/3 of his range, you win the current pot 1/3 of the time. then add that to your equity (or lack thereof) when he calls and you have the total EV of the play. Although again you should shade down a bit for the chance someone has JJ+, AK behind you.