Aggression on 2 hands

[toby]

These hands happened in succession.

#1 SB is very loose preflop and is one of those guys who if he limps in, will call just about any reraise. So, I have no clue what he has.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t1170)
UTG+2 (t710)
MP1 (t860)
MP2 (t710)
MP3 (t920)
CO (t775)
Button (t615)
<font color="C00000">SB (t470)</font>
<font color="C00000">Hero (t970)</font>

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t50</font>, MP1 calls t35, MP2 calls t35, SB calls t35.

Flop: (t200) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t265</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, SB calls t265.

Turn: (t730) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t155</font>, SB calls t155 (All-In).

River: (t1040) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1040
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1040 (t1040), between SB and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by SB (t1040).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
SB shows Qd Td (straight, ace high).
Hero shows Ks Ad (two pair, aces and kings).
Outcome: SB wins t1040. </font>



Very next hand...
I'm pretty short-stacked after the last hand took a chunk of change off me. Should I push on the flop? There's a decent amount of money in the pot. How else could/should I have played this

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

SB (t785)
BB (t1170)
UTG (t710)
UTG+1 (t810)
UTG+2 (t720)
MP1 (t920)
MP2 (t775)
<font color="C00000">MP3 (t600)</font>
CO (t1025)
<font color="C00000">Hero (t485)</font>

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t15, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t15, CO calls t15, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t45</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 calls t30, MP3 calls t30, CO calls t30.

Flop: (t205) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t200</font>, MP3 calls t200, CO folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t440 (All-In)</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls t240.

Turn: (t1285) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t1285) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t1285
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1285 (t1285), between MP3 and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by Hero (t1285).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
MP3 shows Kc Jd (one pair, jacks).
Hero shows Ac Ad (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t1285. </font>

[RobGW]

I would raise more in both cases. If people will call with some weak hands (QT) then get as much in preflop as you can before they miss the flop. You also probably want to thin the field if possible. If the SB will call with QT there is nothing you can do on this hand. Just take solace that most of the time you will take him out.

[ThingDo]

In both hands preflop you should be raising more, allthough there could be a case for just checking the AK hand in the BB and seeing a flop. If you are going to raise both hands you have to make it much much larger. I have a "rule" of sorts in the early parts of SnGs that has given me quite a bit of success. Note: I do not always go by this rule, if the situation dictates I do something else I will. Generally early in these SnG's like the 10/15 or 10/20 whichever it may be my raise ( not in the blinds ) is to 75. I usually raise to 100 if there are many limpers. When the limits go up I move to my 3x-4x BB raise and when the blinds are very large Its anywhere from 2.5x-3x-4x the BB.