Thoughts on these two hands.

[revolvingiris]

I have no idea what MP3 is CC with here. I don't have stats on either villain.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.50+$0.25 Tournament, 75/150 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t7900)
SB (t1770)
Hero (BB) (t10765)
UTG (t7280)
UTG+1 (t6345)
MP1 (t9190)
MP2 (t1275)
MP3 (t6945)
CO (t11075)

Hero's M: 47.84

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, J
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t150, 1 fold, MP2 calls t150, MP3 calls t150, CO calls t150, 2 folds, Hero checks

Flop: (t825) J, 9, 6 (5 players)
Hero bets t750, 1 fold, MP2 raises to t1125 (All-In), MP3 calls t1125, 1 fold, Hero calls t375

Turn: (t4200) 2 (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero bets t2250, MP3 raises to t5670 (All-In), Hero calls t3420

River: (t15540) 6 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t15540

This was probably really stupid to just limp but here is my thinking. I have no idea what utg is limping with. I want to see the flop and have the entire table to act after me.

On the flop utg could really have anything and my raise is because I was thinking he was weak and wanted to get action. Either way I was going AI here. No stats but I have seen utg 3bet AI with middle pair on the flop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $10+$1 Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 50 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t15680)
Hero (UTG+1) (t6975)
MP1 (t21506)
MP2 (t3135)
MP3 (t2805)
CO (t13985)
Button (t12660)
SB (t14478)
BB (t21095)

Hero's M: 5.17

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, Q
UTG calls t600, Hero calls t600, 6 folds, BB checks

Flop: (t2550) Q, 3, 5 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets t1800, Hero raises to t5400, BB raises to t20445 (All-In), UTG calls t13230 (All-In), Hero calls t925 (All-In)

Turn: (t38935) A (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: (t38935) Q (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: t38935

[baudib]

Hand 1: Seeing results may be affecting me here but I think we're pwn3d a lot obviously. I almost would rather c-r the flop since we would have a ton of fold equity.

As played obviously you can't fold getting 5-1 in a ginormous pot with TP+flush draw.

2. Shove pre imo and shoving the flop is obv fine. We have to get it in on a lot of favorable flops (JTx, T9x and J9x even, 2 diamonds) so this is one of the better ones. Cooler.

[drmcboy]

i would just shove turn in hand 1 just in case he folds if a heart comes after calling on turn. but I don't really think it matters. don't fold. also maybe he'll fold QJ/JT

2 shove pre, and if you don't want to play for stacks after hitting TP on a clean board pre flop is very bad, just fold. you have 10 BBs, you can't wait for two pair.

[revolvingiris]

H1: I was trying to get it in but did so pretty awkwardly. I think a c/r would have been better here as my way removes pretty much all FE.

H2: Once I hit the Q I was never folding. I guess I was wondering what everyone's thoughts were on the limp vs the push here and more importantly my decision making process for the limp.

[bikes]

Hand 1 shove the flop

Hand 2 is obv fine

[revolvingiris]

Hand 1 shove the flop

Hand 2 is obv fine

H1: Open shove the flop? I wasnt able to reraise the AI because the villains AI wasnt double my bet.

[dthorne04]

meh@hand 1, i might check the turn sometimes, but probably shove most of the time

hand 2, limping is pure spew, either fold or shove preflop, i probably shove