22 push/play check vol. 2

[Happycamper374]

#Game No : 2859240825
***** Hand History for Game 2859240825 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16499422 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Tuesday, October 11, 00:57:28 EDT 2005
Table Table 67806 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: BareButtFart ( $1410 )
Seat 2: ChuckB942 ( $1705 )
Seat 4: hammer1959 ( $705 )
Seat 8: ShipItBitch ( $645 )
Seat 9: ps0asmin0r ( $2885 )
Seat 10: Lothar374 ( $650 )
Trny:16499422 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
There is no Small Blind in this hand as the Big Blind of the previous hand left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Lothar374 [ Js Ac ]
ps0asmin0r raises [300].
Lothar374 ?


hand 2:

#Game No : 2859138636
***** Hand History for Game 2859138636 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16498763 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Tuesday, October 11, 00:35:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 67986 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: Lothar374 ( $1550 )
Seat 4: juice82 ( $4640 )
Seat 8: jec0923 ( $970 )
Seat 10: thisis2hard ( $840 )
Trny:16498763 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Lothar374 [ Qc 8c ]
juice82 calls [150].
jec0923 folds.
thisis2hard folds.
Lothar374 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 8h, 5d ]
>You have options at Table 67596 Table!.
Lothar374 bets [300].
juice82 raises [2600].
Hero ?


hand 3

***** Hand History for Game 2859074856 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16498760 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Tuesday, October 11, 00:22:32 EDT 2005
Table Table 68019 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Lothar374 ( $610 )
Seat 4: Bendor87 ( $1585 )
Seat 6: ktnme ( $2650 )
Seat 7: dirty_jerz ( $2065 )
Seat 8: NYTEMEAR ( $1090 )
Trny:16498760 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Lothar374 [ Ah 5h ]
Lothar374 ?

Hand 5

NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16498663 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Tuesday, October 11, 00:21:18 EDT 2005
Table Table 67819 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: SquereOptima ( $530 )
Seat 2: Lothar374 ( $620 )
Seat 3: NigsBlatt ( $760 )
Seat 4: Posticle ( $1350 )
Seat 5: domaister ( $1500 )
Seat 6: barrel_Rider ( $660 )
Seat 7: dsimpson111 ( $310 )
Seat 8: ndeangel ( $1115 )
Seat 10: bleedin_blu ( $1155 )
Trny:16498663 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Lothar374 [ 7s 7h ]
ndeangel folds.
bleedin_blu folds.
SquereOptima folds.
>You have options at Table 67596 Table!.
Lothar374 ?


hand 6


#Game No : 2858976738
***** Hand History for Game 2858976738 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16498085 Level:7 Blinds(150/300) - Tuesday, October 11, 00:03:04 EDT 2005
Table Table 68020 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Lothar374 ( $1875 )
Seat 2: StLunatic ( $1590 )
Seat 3: bob31415 ( $1475 )
Seat 6: arm_n_leg ( $3060 )
Trny:16498085 Level:7
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Lothar374 [ As 9c ]
StLunatic folds.
bob31415 raises [600].
arm_n_leg folds.
Lothar374 ?

Thanks for the input. You guys rock.

Hand 1:
Since the raise is from the big stack and you our hero only has 650 chips and needs to double up, this is the hand to do it on. The big stack can have a bigger calling/raising range and a 3xbb raise isn't as indicitive of strength as a 3xbb raise would be from a middle stack.

Action: Push

Hand 2:
I'd rather not chance the last thousand of my stack on middle pair, had the aggressor been on the BB and checked I'd be more inclined to think that he has a worse hand than me, as it is if you fold here you still have enough chips for about one to two more rounds before you are forced to move all in, and during that time you can probably find a hand with better chances of winning.

Hand 3:
With so few chips and you moving through the blinds in the next two hands I'd push this. Normally I'd look for an ace with something over an 8 in my hand, but if your blind hands are unplayable than you will be left with only 460 chips, whereas if you go all in now and double up you'll be sitting well with over 1k chips and some more time. I'd push and pray.

Action: Push

...you skipped hand 4...

Hand 5:
Ideally here I'd like the blinds to fold, adding 150 to my stack here would be nice, against overcards I'm a favorite but I'd rather they just fold, against underpairs I'm a 4 to 1 favorite, the only worry for me here is overpairs, and with how quick these tournaments are you have to put that possibility out of your mind.

Action: Push, hope blinds fold.

Hand 6:
You're already in the BB so only 300 to call and both other players out of the hand I'd just call here and see a flop. You also act first so even if you don't hit anything you still have one more shot at the hand if the board seems right.

Action: Call

[Happycamper374]

Thanks for the reply

I think in hand #1 you should push. Raiser does not necessarily have a big hand here. You need to double through soon. This is your best opportunity.

Hand #2 I thin you should fold. Save your equity and play against the two equal stacks on the bubble.

Hand#3 you are smallest stack and still 5 left, easy push in my mind.

Hand#5 most people would probably say easy push here. I think it's grey area, though i think pushing is not wrong. If you are going to play the pot, push would be best. I don't think you are giving up alot by folding either. I'd probably lean toward pushing, but dependent on opponents and the table. If the push is almost certain to be called (maybe twice) then i'd fold.

hand#6 any read on opponent? if i think i'm at a big advantage over the table, i'd think about folding. But a better play may be a modified stop-n-go--call and push (after a slight hesitation) any flop except a flop which contains an ace, in which case you check-raise (or call all in).