4 hands at 22

[hummusx]

Digging through summaries and found a few hands. Some of them I thought were questionable, some of them I thought were pretty standard. I think it's important to confirm both cases.

1) At first I couldn't figure out why I was playing AQ so strongly; then I realized the size of the guys stack and I remembered thinking at the time I was probably ahead of him.

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SB (t1445)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1225)</font>
UTG (t1540)
UTG+1 (t645)
MP1 (t1005)
MP2 (t405)
MP3 (t1025)
CO (t440)
<font color="#C00000">Button (t270)</font>

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t125</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t270</font>, UTG+1 folds, Button calls t145 (All-In).

Flop: (t585) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t585) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t585) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t585

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Qd Ac (one pair, fives).
Button has As 7h (one pair, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t585. </font>

2) Am I overplaying KQ? I saw someone earlier recommend folding KQ PF in a similar situation, which is why I'm posting this hand.

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Button (t1430)
Hero (t1540)
BB (t1540)
UTG (t615)
UTG+1 (t1005)
MP1 (t405)
MP2 (t1025)
CO (t440)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t120.

Flop: (t330) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t325</font>, CO folds.

Final Pot: t655

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. Hero wins t655. </font>

3) I thought this one was ABC:

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SB (t1020)
Hero (t1845)
UTG (t1620)
MP1 (t770)
MP2 (t940)
CO (t1310)
Button (t495)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t100) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t50</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t970 (All-In)</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1220

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
No showdown. SB wins t1220. </font>

4) I think my dog barked and I clicked call instead of fold. Actually I don't even know what I was thinking; looking through the history I don't see anything telling me that this guy would just be playing back at me on a bluff. Seems like an easy fold. The better question is, should I not have been stealing with this hand at all?

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MP (t2840)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1770)</font>
Button (t450)
<font color="#C00000">SB (t1635)</font>
BB (t1110)
UTG (t195)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of t200.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t500</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB (poster) raises to t1635 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t1135.

Flop: (t3270) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t3270) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t3270) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t3270

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kd 9s (high card, ace).
SB has As Kh (one pair, aces).
Outcome: SB wins t3270. </font>

[hummusx]

Looking back at this after some time has passed:

1) This was a good play.
2) I think I played this right. I'm betting on a fold and winning T75 a lot of the time with this.
3) No change.
4) I still don't know about this. I figure I've got about 33-37% equity depending on what kind of hand he might be coming back with. Compare that against the 38% of the pot I'm contributing by calling makes this look closer to a call than I originally thought. 1270 would have been enough to play with though, so I still think I'd want to fold.