Another 5.50 less calling

[flopmonkey]

I feel like pulling my hair out right now, this is the 5th tourney that I ended in 4th place!

The good thing is I think fixed some of my weak points from the earlier ones.

$5.50 Buy In

I only play 1 table right now, but I plan on adding one more when I feel a little more comfortable, (hopefully soon).

[fulksy]

Hand 2: DON'T MIN BET, if you want to raise make it around 3/4 pot
Hand 3: This is one of those spots were limping is actually OK.
Hand 4: What is your standard raise? 4 X BB?
Hand 5: Bet sizing seems to be an issue, previously you min bet, and now you bet over the pot? i would bet ~100-125
Hand 6: i would get in the habit of Raising 3XBB + 1BB per limper so her i make it 250 but 200 is fine.
Hand 7: i make it 150 but meh.
Hand 8: FOLD Pre
Hand 11: FOLD FOLD, their is such a good chance your dominated, what is your reasoning for raising?
Hand 12: FOLD ( your back to limping) and as played defiantly fold to shove. what hands are you ahead of here?
Hand 13: make it 2.5-3X BB get out of the habit of min raising.
Hand 14: Don't complete, when blinds get this high either fold or raise
Hand 15: DO NOT LIMP!!, raise it 2.5X BB
Hand 16: DO NOT LIMP!! fold here UTG, as played fold to shove especially after someone calls, your way behind usually, either dominated by a higher pair or lots of overs to dodge.
Hand 18: Good shove
Hand 19: Not sure here, but I'm thinking this might be a fold.
Hand 20: DON'T complete, shove or fold
Hand 21: ^^^^^^^
Hand 22: good shove
Hand 24: >10BB Push or fold mode here don't min raise. Push is probably +EV
Hand 25: Just push here, anyone calling 900 is calling a push
Hand 26: Just Shove your putting in ~30% of your stack
Hand 27: Good Push
Hand 28: I probably fold here as you have no FE, and i doubt hes shove worse then A9 that often.

Still limping/ completing SB to much.

Also get out of the habit of Min raising.

Go over tais do's and don'ts again, i promise if you get those tips down, you'll notice a huge difference.

[flopmonkey]

Thanks again.

I have been reading Taipans post as well as Moshmans book...One of these days all this info will sink into my thick skull.

As for 11: this player was raising alot, I wanted to semi bluff to see where he really was. Folding would have been better.

12: I expected this small stacked opponent to raise almost any 2 cards to try to double up.

[fulksy]

Thanks again.

I have been reading Taipans post as well as Moshmans book...One of these days all this info will sink into my thick skull.

No problem, keep posting like anything it just takes time and practice.

As for 11: this player was raising alot, I wanted to semi bluff to see where he really was. Folding would have been better.

first this isn't a semi bluff, and if you were thinking it was, what better hands were going to fold to your min 3bet? a big thing is to make sure your thinking about what you are hoping to achieve from every bet and why.

also even a laggy player won't be raising much worse then A10 UTG, also someone could raise and you'd have to fold or he could 4 bet shove and you'd have to fold.

12: I expected this small stacked opponent to raise almost any 2 cards to try to double up.

first you should fold preflop here everytime, but as played their is no way he is shoving super wide with two limpers and such a short stack.