2.25 sng review, part x

[Zorkion]

again, please let me know if im posting too many sngs for review. i try not to post the ones where i know i did badly, and can easily see where a lot of my mistakes are, so this time im posting one where i think i actually did fairly well. criticism is greatly appreciated

Trimmer Output #6107

[taipan168]

No worries, keep on posting, may take some time for me to get to them though. Nice win BTW.

3. T6o - I'd lead the flop for 130-140 or so then give up if called or raised.

4. A6o - don't like this shove over. You shoved over an UTG raiser who is also the big stack, it's rare that you're going to get a fold here. With 11x BB you're not yet desperate enough to have to do this (of course if the raiser was the SB I would shove away).

5. A6s - what is it about A6 that makes you want to shove? No way you're desperate enough to shove here. I wouldn't even shove if it was folded to me on the button. Just fold it and move on to the next hand.

6. K7o - as per 4 and 5. Why do this? Just check and see if you can hit the flop then take it from there.

7. 33 - fine

8. QJo - now this is different to hands 4-6 because it's the bubble, you have the limper covered and there's a shorter stack around.

4 Q CO (Hero's M = 9.81; f+f+F) (between 8 and 9) - shove this, you have the BB covered

9. KTo - fold preflop, you have the big stack in the BB. Ran this through SNG Wiz and it was -EV at all reasonable calling ranges. If you like, make it 600 preflop and take it from there.

4 4 CO (Hero's M = 19.28; F+f+f) (between 9 and 10) - with the big stack, you can bully with this hand - make it 600 to go and call a shove by the short stack and fold to a shove by anybody else.

2 2 CO (Hero's M = 16.49; F+f+f) (between 11 and 12) - bully with this. When there's a short stack around and you have the big stack this is a GLORIOUS time to shove the other players around.

12. A7s - nice.

T 3 Button (Hero's M = 24.33; F) (between 15 and 16) - shove it again.

[Zorkion]

a few questions - why do you recommend shoving the q4 between hands 8&9? isnt this generally a little weaker than average hand, and so playing it puts us in a dangerous position?

also, why shove the t3 at the end, but not the q6 directly after it? or for that matter, the 58 before it?

As far as the early A6 shoves are concerned, up to that point, i was aware that I had been playing a pretty darn small % of hands due to cold deck, and was concerned about not getting paid off on my strong hands should people read me as a complete rock. on the other hand, my M was barely over 10, so I was near shove/fold range. Is it just too low a buy-in to worry about that, or at least, what kind of range should I be looking for in that kind of situation? eg., vs an utg min raise.