PP $22. Three sanity check hands. 1 bubble, 2 ITM

[playtitleist]

Up until very recently I had been playing ultra-tight on the bubble. I have loosened up some, leading to more 1s and 2s (small sample size).

Hand #1:
Is this read specific or automatic? If I win, I am ITM with a big chip lead. If I push and lose, I am one of three relatively equal stacks with one med-shorty. I did not consider a call here.

Seat 5: smainc (1290)
Seat 7: kret21 (1115)
Seat 8: mikepooley (2525)
Seat 9: HERO (3070)
mikepooley posts small blind (75)
HERO posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qc, Kd ]
smainc raises (400) to 400
kret21 folds.
mikepooley folds.
HERO ??

Hand #2:
Get involved here?

Seat 7: kret21 (815)
Seat 8: mikepooley (2450)
Seat 9: HERO (4735)
HERO posts small blind (100)
kret21 posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 7h, Ad ]
mikepooley raises (815) to 815
HERO ??

Hand #3:
Get involved here?

Seat 7: kret21 (615)
Seat 8: mikepooley (2750)
Seat 9: HERO (4635)
kret21 posts small blind (100)
mikepooley posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 9c, Tc ]
HERO ??

Thanks for feedback

[lorinda]

I think you can do almost anything on all three of these hands depending on how the game has been so far.

They all seem marginal enough that playing them "wrongly" is unlikely to be a major leak.

Lori

The fact that you have a huge stack in all of the hands makes a difference. I think I'd fold hand 1 and 2 if I had a smaller stack, unless the raisers are maniacs, but with your stack you could call and still be chipleader (right?).

In the third hand you could try to steal the blinds. Depends on the players, I think.

[Runner Runner]

Hand #1 - close, do you think he will fold some % of the time? If yes, then push, otherwise fold. I don't like a call here, as he doesn't have enough chips behind. (Unless....anyone try a stop and go here?)

Hand #2 - I like a push here since the other player is so shortstacked.

Hand #3 - Push, BB will not get involved without a real hand.