the hand that hurt and the one that knocked me out

[rjamesd]

Orleans last night $40/$20 rebuy NLH tournament
134 players, 35 remaining

hand 1
300/150 25A 9 people in
me (3,800T) UTG w AKo, raise to 1,200
MP pushes with 2,400
BB goes all for about 950
It felt like an easy call at the time

hand 2
300/150 25A 8 people in
UTG+1 raised to 900
MP calls
me (2,800T) in BB w/ A9o
I call (was this ok?)
flop Ad Qd 8d
I push for 2,200 (what about this?)
UTG raiser folds AT
MP calls with KdTd
oops

[ThrillFactor]

Hand 1: Yep, easy call.

Hand 2: I don't think I call this preflop. You didn't mention your OPPs stack sizes, but an UTG+1 raise and an MP call imply some strength. Surely one of them has a bigger ace. On the flop, unless your 9 is a diamond, I'm probably done with the hand.