some SNG hands for review.

[destiny]

hey , I need advise for some hands(newbee) thx..
flopturnriver does not let me give links.. so i am writing like that thx

PokerStars Game #34190012214: Tournament #204780469, $3.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2009/10/18 12:06:44 ET
Table '204780469 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: korndoggydog (978 in chips)
Seat 2: BARANDA69 (2664 in chips)
Seat 3: Par i toer´n (1345 in chips)
Seat 5: Andy_Spitsyn (2685 in chips)
Seat 7: arguhusto (995 in chips)
Seat 9: kinayb (2973 in chips)
kinayb: posts small blind 15
korndoggydog: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kinayb [5s 5h]
BARANDA69 has timed out
BARANDA69: folds
BARANDA69 is sitting out
Par i toer´n: folds
Andy_Spitsyn: folds
arguhusto: folds
kinayb: raises 60 to 90
korndoggydog: raises 888 to 978 and is all-in
kinayb: calls 888
*** FLOP *** [4h 4c Ad]
*** TURN *** [4h 4c Ad] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [4h 4c Ad Kd] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kinayb: shows [5s 5h] (two pair, Fives and Fours)
korndoggydog: shows [Td As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
korndoggydog collected 1956 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1956 | Rake 0
Board [4h 4c Ad Kd Qs]
Seat 1: korndoggydog (big blind) showed [Td As] and won (1956) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 2: BARANDA69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Par i toer´n folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Andy_Spitsyn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: arguhusto (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: kinayb (small blind) showed [5s 5h] and lost with two pair, Fives and Fours




PokerStars Game #34194423660: Tournament #204805698, $3.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/10/18 14:01:48 ET
Table '204805698 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Suzukishosan (2585 in chips)
Seat 3: iv01987 (2800 in chips)
Seat 4: norocosu16 (1025 in chips)
Seat 6: kinayb (2355 in chips)
Seat 7: Efka_44 (2340 in chips)
Seat 8: Piragast (2310 in chips)
Seat 9: inwardX (2295 in chips)
Piragast: posts small blind 25
inwardX: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kinayb [Qs Kh]
Suzukishosan: folds
iv01987: folds
norocosu16: folds
kinayb: calls 50
Efka_44: folds
Piragast: calls 25
inwardX: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 3c 9c]
Piragast: bets 50
inwardX: folds
kinayb: raises 150 to 200
Piragast: calls 150
*** TURN *** [Qh 3c 9c] [Qd]
Piragast: checks
kinayb: bets 550
Piragast: folds
Uncalled bet (550) returned to kinayb
kinayb collected 550 from pot
kinayb: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 550 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 3c 9c Qd]
Seat 1: Suzukishosan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: iv01987 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: norocosu16 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kinayb collected (550)
Seat 7: Efka_44 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Piragast (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 9: inwardX (big blind) folded on the Flop




PokerStars Game #34194699305: Tournament #204805230, $2.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (20/40) - 2009/10/18 14:08:04 ET
Table '204805230 2' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: edsv (2180 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldiaB (4240 in chips)
Seat 3: olivier73 (3140 in chips)
Seat 4: doGstAh (2395 in chips)
Seat 5: kinayb (2000 in chips)
Seat 7: nybilly (155 in chips)
Seat 8: stevemug (1950 in chips)
Seat 9: TommoTilts (1370 in chips)
doGstAh: posts small blind 20
kinayb: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kinayb [9c 5h]
stevemug said, "bunch of r e tards"
nybilly has timed out while disconnected
nybilly: folds
nybilly is sitting out
stevemug: folds
TommoTilts: calls 40
edsv: folds
GoldiaB: folds
olivier73: folds
doGstAh: folds
kinayb: checks
*** FLOP *** [2s 7s Ah]
kinayb: checks
TommoTilts: checks
*** TURN *** [2s 7s Ah] [5d]
kinayb: checks
TommoTilts: checks
*** RIVER *** [2s 7s Ah 5d] [9d]
kinayb: bets 100
TommoTilts: raises 100 to 200
kinayb: calls 100
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TommoTilts: shows [7d Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
kinayb: mucks hand
TommoTilts collected 500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 500 | Rake 0
Board [2s 7s Ah 5d 9d]
Seat 1: edsv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GoldiaB folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: olivier73 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: doGstAh (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: kinayb (big blind) mucked [9c 5h]
Seat 7: nybilly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: stevemug folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: TommoTilts showed [7d Ad] and won (500) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

PokerStars Game #34195659283: Tournament #204805230, $2.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (30/60) - 2009/10/18 14:29:09 ET
Table '204805230 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: edsv (2100 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldiaB (4080 in chips)
Seat 3: olivier73 (2515 in chips)
Seat 4: doGstAh (3033 in chips)
Seat 5: kinayb (2160 in chips)
Seat 6: APJ333 (14180 in chips)
Seat 7: grilled-chez (2925 in chips)
Seat 8: Pates235 (1340 in chips)
Seat 9: TommoTilts (3291 in chips)
GoldiaB: posts small blind 30
olivier73: posts big blind 60
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kinayb [As Ks]
doGstAh: folds
kinayb: raises 120 to 180
APJ333: calls 180
grilled-chez: folds
Pates235: folds
TommoTilts: folds
edsv: folds
GoldiaB: folds
olivier73: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4h 6d]
kinayb: bets 1980 and is all-in
APJ333: folds
Uncalled bet (1980) returned to kinayb
kinayb collected 450 from pot
kinayb: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 4h 6d]
Seat 1: edsv (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GoldiaB (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: olivier73 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: doGstAh folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kinayb collected (450)
Seat 6: APJ333 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: grilled-chez folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Pates235 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: TommoTilts folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[linaker]

In hand 1, I would fold to his raise. You are going to be very lucky if you have a lower than 45% chance of exiting the SnG and at this stage of the tournament taking that risk is not worth the chance of doubling up.

[taipan168]

Hi and welcome to FTR, it's good to have you here!

Hand 1 (55) - your open raise is fine but after you get shoved over I would fold. Even if he shoves very wide you're pretty much flipping a coin against his range. Remember that in a tourney, chips you lose are worth more than chips you gain (the ICM effect).

Hand 2 (KQo) - open raise if you want to play rather than limp. Make it 150 to go. As played, your flop raise is good but I bet a little less on the turn, say 300-350 or so. You want opp to call here not fold!

Hand 3 (95o) - you played it fine, nice move to just call the river minraise

Hand 4 (AKo0 - preflop is fine, but why not just make a normal flop bet of 1/2-2/3 the pot rather than risking your whole stack?

[GatorJH]

Agree with Tai on hands 1 and 2.

On hand 3 I don't like the river bet. You have a hand that has some showdown value and the only hands beating you that I could see folding to a river bet are 66, T9 and MAYBE 88. This early in a SNG I would have checked the river and probably would have just folded to any bet other than maybe a min bet or slightly larger.

As for hand 4 I am torn between a shove and a check here. I don't like a standard raise because it commits so much of our stack and would put us in a weird position if we get shoved over. Outside of a flush draw this is a fairly dry board so I could see a pp hand like TT or JJ shoving over this sometimes.

[Extremophile]

As for hand 4 I am torn between a shove and a check here. I don't like a standard raise because it commits so much of our stack and would put us in a weird position if we get shoved over. Outside of a flush draw this is a fairly dry board so I could see a pp hand like TT or JJ shoving over this sometimes.

Even if we c-bet like 300 we can still fold to raise since we will have 1500t left which is OK with blinds 30/60. I don't think we will be committed there. Checking will lose value imo and let the villian steal the pot. Checking or shoving is worse than c-betting here.

[GatorJH]

yea, my bad. I actually missed a zero in villains chip stack and thought effective stacks were lower than they were.

[destiny]

thx for all commands. I need to read more about how to play. There is a sticky topic. My bankroll is pretty bad for now.Some(30-40) unlucky 3.30 usd sit and go. i can sent more hand to tilt section. but i guess that it is veriance. as my irl friend (extremophile) always says

[taipan168]

On hand 3 I don't like the river bet. You have a hand that has some showdown value and the only hands beating you that I could see folding to a river bet are 66, T9 and MAYBE 88. This early in a SNG I would have checked the river and probably would have just folded to any bet other than maybe a min bet or slightly larger.

Dude you need new reading glasses, you misread this one as well

Hero just runner runner two pair so there are LOTS of hands that he beats that will call a bet. I think he did well to just call the minraise rather than go broke shoving over.

[GatorJH]

damn getting old sucks.

OK, so calling is BAD there (on hand 3) because our hand is so well disguised. It worked out for hero in this case, but that is being results oriented. I most likely would have raised there and called a shove as villian having a poorly disguised higher 2 pair (his check on the turn is just horribly bad) is just a cooler.