Hand Post

[PokerProdigy]

<font color="red">Hand 1</font>

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t2332)
MP (t2628)
Hero (t668)
SB (t962)
BB (t1410)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t500</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t668 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls t168.

Final Pot: t1636

<font color="red">Hand 2</font>

<font color="red">What would you do after the BB called?</font>

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) converter

SB (t2610)
BB (t1155)
Hero (t1433)
MP (t635)
CO (t1012)
Button (t1155)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to t635 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls t535, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1433 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t520 (All-In).

Final Pot: t3273

[Eyeback]

#1 Even though you are shortstacked you have some FE left. You are at best even money against the utg and more probably dominated, fold.

#2 Tricky, though I probably would had played it the same way.

[microbet]

I fold the first hand.

Second hand, I really don't see BB folding there, so I don't raise. He has to think he has a playable stack and not be getting such huge odds to lay that down. You are likely to need to improve to win, and if you are up against a small PP you may well lose and keep that 520.