please critique my SnG hand history

[|~|ypermegachi]

i placed 4th today in an SnG at paradise...i wasn't too happy with myself considering i had 4x the 2nd biggest stack...can you guys tell me if what i did was right or wrong? well here was my downfall starting at this hand....

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Game #608513990 (Level V, Game #9) - 50/100 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/10/06-14:58:23 (CST)
Table "Exuma" ($10 tournament) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 3: POUPI (519.00 in chips)
Seat 4: GreenStreet (1,092.00 in chips)
Seat 5: hypermegachi (4,387.00 in chips)
Seat 6: bestgrothe (2,672.00 in chips)
Seat 7: TUCH! (1,330.00 in chips)
TUCH! : Post Small Blind (50)
POUPI : Post Big Blind (100)
Dealing...
Dealt to hypermegachi [ Qd ]
Dealt to hypermegachi [ Jc ]
GreenStreet: Fold
hypermegachi: Raise (425)
bestgrothe: Fold
bestgrothe said, "yep"
TUCH! : Raise (700)
bestgrothe said, "yup"
POUPI : Fold
hypermegachi: Raise (650)
TUCH! : Raise All-in (580)
hypermegachi: Call (255)
*** FLOP *** : [ 7h 9s 2d ]
*** TURN *** : [ 7h 9s 2d ] [ 4h ]
*** RIVER *** : [ 7h 9s 2d 4h ] [ 8d ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,760 | Board: [ 7h 9s 2d 4h 8d ]
POUPI lost 100 (folded)
GreenStreet didn't bet (folded)
hypermegachi lost 1,330 (showed hand) [ Qd Jc ] (high card queen)
bestgrothe didn't bet (folded)
TUCH! bet 1,330, collected 2,760, net +1,430 (showed hand) [ Kc Ah ] (high card ace)
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Game #608518882 (Level VII, Game #4) - 150/300 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/10/06-15:05:22 (CST)
Table "Exuma" ($10 tournament) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 3: POUPI (1,538.00 in chips)
Seat 4: GreenStreet (1,534.00 in chips)
Seat 5: hypermegachi (3,838.00 in chips)
Seat 6: bestgrothe (1,722.00 in chips)
Seat 7: TUCH! (1,368.00 in chips)
TUCH! : Post Small Blind (150)
POUPI : Post Big Blind (300)
Dealing...
Dealt to hypermegachi [ Jc ]
Dealt to hypermegachi [ Ac ]
GreenStreet: Fold
hypermegachi: Raise (3,838)
bestgrothe: Call All-in (1,722)
TUCH! : Fold
POUPI : Fold
bestgrothe said, "my luck...."
bestgrothe said, "lets see"
hypermegachi said, "damn"
*** FLOP *** : [ Ts 8h 4d ]
bestgrothe said, "hate pockets"
*** TURN *** : [ Ts 8h 4d ] [ 3d ]
*** RIVER *** : [ Ts 8h 4d 3d ] [ Th ]
bestgrothe said, "not these though"
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 3,894 | Board: [ Ts 8h 4d 3d Th ]
POUPI lost 300 (folded)
GreenStreet didn't bet (folded)
hypermegachi bet 3,838, collected 2,116, net -1,722 (showed hand) [ Jc Ac ] (a pair of tens)
bestgrothe bet 1,722, collected 3,894, net +2,172 (showed hand) [ As Ah ] (two pair, aces and tens)
TUCH! lost 150 (folded)
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Game #608521393 (Level VIII, Game #3) - 250/500 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/10/06-15:08:58 (CST)
Table "Exuma" ($10 tournament) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 4: GreenStreet (1,084.00 in chips)
Seat 5: hypermegachi (2,016.00 in chips)
Seat 6: bestgrothe (4,344.00 in chips)
Seat 7: TUCH! (2,556.00 in chips)
TUCH! : Post Small Blind (250)
GreenStreet: Post Big Blind (500)
Dealing...
Dealt to hypermegachi [ Tc ]
Dealt to hypermegachi [ As ]
hypermegachi: Raise (1,000)
bestgrothe: Fold
TUCH! : Fold
GreenStreet: Raise All-in (584)
hypermegachi: Call (84)
*** FLOP *** : [ 7s 2d 6h ]
*** TURN *** : [ 7s 2d 6h ] [ Js ]
*** RIVER *** : [ 7s 2d 6h Js ] [ 4h ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,418 | Board: [ 7s 2d 6h Js 4h ]
GreenStreet bet 1,084, collected 2,418, net +1,334 (showed hand) [ 4s 8c ] (a pair of fours)
hypermegachi lost 1,084 (showed hand) [ Tc As ] (high card ace)
bestgrothe didn't bet (folded)
TUCH! lost 250 (folded)
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Game #608522593 (Level VIII, Game #6) - 250/500 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/10/06-15:10:28 (CST)
Table "Exuma" ($10 tournament) -- Seat 5 is the button
Seat 4: GreenStreet (2,168.00 in chips)
Seat 5: hypermegachi (864.00 in chips)
Seat 6: bestgrothe (4,662.00 in chips)
Seat 7: TUCH! (2,306.00 in chips)
bestgrothe: Post Small Blind (250)
TUCH! : Post Big Blind (500)
Dealing...
Dealt to hypermegachi [ 5d ]
Dealt to hypermegachi [ 5h ]
GreenStreet: Fold
hypermegachi: Raise All-in (864)
bestgrothe: Call (614)
TUCH! : Call (364)
*** FLOP *** : [ Ad 8h Th ]
bestgrothe: Bet (900)
TUCH! : Raise All-in (1,442)
bestgrothe: Call (542)
*** TURN *** : [ Ad 8h Th ] [ 8d ]
*** RIVER *** : [ Ad 8h Th 8d ] [ Kc ]
bestgrothe said, "ouch"
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 2,592 | Side pot 1: 2,884 | Board: [ Ad 8h Th 8d Kc ]
GreenStreet didn't bet (folded)
hypermegachi lost 864 (showed hand) [ 5d 5h ] (two pair, eights and fives)
bestgrothe bet 2,306, collected 5,476, net +3,170 (showed hand) [ Kh Jc ] (two pair, kings and eights)
TUCH! lost 2,306 (showed hand) [ Td Qs ] (two pair, tens and eights)

[|~|ypermegachi]

first hand was just typical bullying someone trying to kick them out.
second one, just bad timing.
third one i thought was complete BS
last one...if i'd known they would go all in i probably wouldn't play this one...but i could only last 3 more blinds and they'll wanna boot me out.

[Radashack]

First hand When he came over the top of your pretty significant raise I would put him on a high pair or two high cards... ersonally I would have folded the QJ putting him on something like QQ KK AQ AK ect.

The second hand I believe you pushed in a bad position, it looked like you had 3 people after you, I would have made a 3xBB bet, and played it similar to your QJ play and probably wouldn't push all in preflop (learned my lesson on this) Exspecially given the stage in the tourney, I would tighten up before the money.

3rd hand Your play was fine, the guy got lucky.

4th At that point i would have probably made the same move, the BB was basically your stack and you had a decent hand that could have help up, Your odds of pulling another hand before you were blinded out are slim so good move IMO.

[kidpoker22]

I think you generally played all of the hand poorly. Basically, you're picking bad spots to get ur money in, with marginal hands. AJ--yes even suited--is not a great hand. QJ is not a great hand. And 55 will win about 50% of the time. Just try and be more selective if you're going to get all your chips in before the flop.

[|~|ypermegachi]

I think you generally played all of the hand poorly. Basically, you're picking bad spots to get ur money in, with marginal hands. AJ--yes even suited--is not a great hand. QJ is not a great hand. And 55 will win about 50% of the time. Just try and be more selective if you're going to get all your chips in before the flop.

marginal hands go way up in value in shorthanded play. i think the real question is when you have a huge chip lead...should you bully people like i tried, or fold your way into the money?

[zilch]

I don't think that the first hand can be described as bullying. For someone to raise as much as he did against the chip leader must signify that he has a big hand (unless you have previous experience otherwise). As said above QJ is just not that good a hand against any premium hand he may have. I also don't think that the AI with AJ is bullying. You just risk too much if someone has a premium hand. Its got to be better to do a 3xbb raise and then back off if someone comes back strongly
A much better way of bullying is to push on ragged flops where your opp has not shown any great strength. From what I've seen this is the most effective bullying. e.g. limp into a lot of hands then bet big later in hand if you think that your opp has not hit big. If you are short stacked and have TP and weak/mid kicker its hard to put most of your stack into the pot.
In my view being the big stack you should bully but not to the extent of giving the shortstacks too much chance to double up.

[|~|ypermegachi]

looking back...yeah i was pretty reckless the 1st and 2nd hands. thanks guys!