Couple hand questions, 22's

[Jeoke]

These are probably basic questions but Im still a newbie.

When if ever should i be concerned about someone having trips?

***** Hand History for Game -1983534686 *****
15/30 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) (TOURNAMENT 13660475) - MON JUL 04 23:34:52 EDT 2005
Table Table 13944 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: turbolaunch (800)
Seat 2: Tiffsters (800)
Seat 3: Jocko78 (800)
Seat 4: scanegali (800)
Seat 5: OwenALot (800)
Seat 6: Kramerica11 (800)
Seat 7: golfnpoker88 (800)
Seat 8: hotcookie42 (800)
Seat 9: Rustyw20 (800)
Seat 10: magicman3890 (800)
scanegali posts small blind (10)
OwenALot posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Kramerica11 [ As, Ah ]
Kramerica11 raises (45) to 45
golfnpoker88 folds.
hotcookie42 folds.
Rustyw20 folds.
magicman3890 folds.
turbolaunch folds.
Tiffsters calls (45)
Jocko78 folds.
scanegali calls (35)
OwenALot calls (30)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7d, 9s, 9c ]
scanegali checks.
OwenALot checks.
Kramerica11 bets (100)
Tiffsters calls (100)
scanegali calls (100)
OwenALot folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jd ]
scanegali checks.
Kramerica11 bets (250)
Tiffsters calls (250)
scanegali raises (655) to 655
scanegali is all-In.
Kramerica11...?



With so many people in the game I didnt get any opportunites to steal. With my stack very low and the blinds going up soon i decided to steal here.

***** Hand History for Game -1983545842 *****
50/100 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) (TOURNAMENT 13659720) - MON JUL 04 23:32:45 EDT 2005
Table Table 14894 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: fraitrain (1065)
Seat 2: ESYFS (705)
Seat 3: aberca (1033)
Seat 4: jaz_7 (1000)
Seat 5: tonybunch (1487)
Seat 6: Kramerica11 (330)
Seat 7: iron85 (665)
Seat 8: sbaney (835)
Seat 10: webb_slinger (880)
Kramerica11 posts small blind (25)
iron85 posts big blind (50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Kramerica11 [ 8h, Ks ]
sbaney calls (50)
webb_slinger folds.
fraitrain folds.
ESYFS folds.
aberca folds.
jaz_7 folds.
tonybunch calls (50)
Kramerica11 raises (305) to 330
Kramerica11 is all-In.

[yeau2]

Yea...you got 2 callers on the flop, not one. Gotta think a. someones got a 9 or b. made the straight. Raise more preflop. I know its tough from utg to raise and end up taking the blinds but 45 isnt even a riff raff bet in the first level...people will be coming in with far too many hands to make your aces play well.

Second hand I guess is ok... but your about to come out of the small blind, and have plenty of free hands since there is not antes. Why not wait for these hands where you can be the first in with a raise?

[jadducci]

First Hand: I would def. raise pre-flop more than you did. Probably to around 100ish. The worst thing to do with such a premium hand is let mediocre drawing hands get a chance to hit there hand. I think its safe to assume you are beat when the guy goes all in and that you should fold.

2nd Hand: Not a bad play, however I would probably have waited and hoped for something a bit stronger to go all in with, there were 9 players left so you had 7 more hands to try to improve without hittin the blinds again. Also with 2 people in ahead of you there is a higher chance of someone calling (they are gettin 1.6:1 pot odds), and I wouldn't want a call with k8.

[MeanGreenTT]

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First Hand: I would def. raise pre-flop more than you did. Probably to around 100ish.

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I got "ripped" (read as gently re-directed) for pulling the same open-raise in a 22 with T1000 starting chips...not sure if this is the right line or not but I'm just a noob.