super slow game, trap play

this is 24 MINUTES in btw, still 9-handed. i can't stand these goddamn games. figured i had to make a move eventually. should i have made a min probe bet instead?

#Game No : 3080930834
***** Hand History for Game 3080930834 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:17650075 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Wednesday, November 23, 01:54:40 EDT 2005
Table Table 67917 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 4: charps35 ( $733 )
Seat 10: shizl ( $955 )
Seat 5: coltkaz ( $457 )
Seat 2: porebrik ( $1110 )
Seat 1: Arop1954 ( $1950 )
Seat 9: heret1k ( $625 )
Seat 3: MisssT420 ( $330 )
Seat 8: gizmogirl2 ( $865 )
Seat 7: bachhaiduong ( $975 )
Trny:17650075 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to heret1k [ Qs Ks ]
charps35 folds.
coltkaz folds.
bachhaiduong folds.
gizmogirl2 folds.
heret1k raises [150].
shizl folds.
Arop1954 folds.
porebrik calls [125].
MisssT420 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 7s, 7d ]
porebrik checks.
heret1k bets [350].
porebrik raises [700].
heret1k is all-In [125]

I'd probably fold this hand here PF. Any small raise and you're basically commited to the hand as you found out. Push all-in and you're a dog to any ace or and pair. And limping with 12xBB and the blinds about to increase isn't pretty. At this stage though any raise should be a push, and I wait till the blinds go up and start pushbotting, hoping to steal some blinds and hopefully double up to get a shot at getting ITM.

what do i wait play with preflop then? the blinds are going to devour my chips.

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what do i wait play with preflop then? the blinds are going to devour my chips.

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It's more when to wait for than what...

At the moment the blinds and 25/50 and equal t75, this doesn't add much to your stack and isn't worth risking your tournament life on my pushing ALL-IN, when you're behind to any pair or ace... and as you see raising a small amount and you're commited to the hand, so folding this is a good play.

When the blinds go up to 50/100, pushing when you're first in from the CO / button / SB assuming villians aren't donkish loose, will add t150 to your chipcount assuming you're uncalled, which often happens. This should give you time to find a better hand to push with...

[tigerite]

You don't have the patience for poker.

thanks for this

[bennies]

bah, I told you yesterday, don't get so emotionally involved with this stuff. Frustrating, goddam ?? Take some deep breaths dude and accept that there is a lot of luck/bad beating in poker.

[tigerite]

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thanks for this

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I'm serious.

that's actually a pretty reserved tone for me.

[Insty]

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figured i had to make a move eventually.

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So wait until you have a decent hand.
If the slow pace is bothering you, play more tables.

Is tigerite correct?

[HesseJam]

yesterday I played a bubble through four limits (20 minutes). Chips went all around the table. Most of the time the stacks were more than less even. It was hard not to lose patience and starting to get trigger happy. Bubble burst when somebody called with K5 off.

[jb9]

It's not that unusual for everyone to still be playing at level 3.

If you don't like the pace of the games, try different games on different sites until you get some you like. There are too many poker sites on the net to waste time playing somewhere where you don't like the structure.

If you felt it was time to make a stand here with KQs, go all in preflop (although I think you could have waited til level 4).

On the flop, I think you should check or go all in when it is checked to you (depending upon your read of the SB). A min-bet wouldn't help here, unless you want to min-bet/fold, which is never fun.

edited because you can't check/fold the flop...

[downtown]

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Is tigerite correct?

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Yes. Based on the OP's statements, there is no way that he (the OP) is currently playing SNGs well, or probably any poker for that matter.

[Hornacek]

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this is 24 MINUTES in btw, still 9-handed. i can't stand these goddamn games

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There is probably a 0.00% chance you are a winning poker player.

If you can't stand these "slow" games, I'd love to see you play $50s, $100s, or, gasp!, maybe even B&M tournaments.