yet again, hand critiques

[comguy321]

Hi All, [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
The first hand below, I have a pp 10's, and the flop has a queen. I think I should've raised preflop, but not sure how much.My play was pretty weak, I think. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]


NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1
Level:3 Blinds(25/50)

Seat 7 is the button

Seat 8: Nolimit1981 ( $2615 )
Seat 4: tziza0530 ( $1235 )
Seat 2: gamble75 ( $1370 )
Seat 1: Coldmultra ( $1160 )
Seat 3: Hero ( $865 )
Seat 7: brian53152 ( $755 )
Trny:8211244 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Th Tc ]
gamble75 folds.
HERO calls [50].
tziza0530 folds.
brian53152 folds.
Nolimit1981 calls [25].
Coldmultra checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 6c, Ks ]
Nolimit1981 checks.
Coldmultra checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
Nolimit1981 checks.
Coldmultra checks.
HERO checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
Nolimit1981 checks.
Coldmultra checks.
HERO checks.


Second,
This push was correct? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]



NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) -
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 8: Nolimit1981 ( $2715 )
Seat 4: tziza0530 ( $1385 )
Seat 2: gamble75 ( $1170 )
Seat 1: Coldmultra ( $1060 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $715 )
Seat 7: brian53152 ( $955 )
Trny:8211244 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to nickto212 [ Ad 9d ]
brian53152 folds.
Nolimit1981 folds.
Coldmultra calls [100].
gamble75 folds.
HERO calls [50].
tziza0530 raises [100].
Coldmultra calls [100].
HERO calls [100].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, Ac, Kd ]
HERO is all-In [515]
tziza0530 raises [1030].
Coldmultra folds.


Third,
The guy who goes all-in on this hand was going all in constantly. Should I have called with AJs? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Level:5 Blinds(100/200) -

Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 8: Nolimit1981 ( $1895 )
Seat 4: tziza0530 ( $2540 )
Seat 2: gamble75 ( $1020 )
Seat 1: Coldmultra ( $610 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $1180 )
Seat 7: brian53152 ( $755 )
Trny:8211244 Level:5
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ah Jh ]
brian53152 folds.
Nolimit1981 folds.
Coldmultra folds.
gamble75 is all-In [1020]
HERO folds.
tziza0530 folds.


Fourth,
Is J9s a good enough hand to try a steal from the BB when everyone folds, and I'm in the SB?

What about K5s?



Fifth,
What to do? I think I chickened out. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Level:6 Blinds(150/300) -
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 8: Nolimit1981 ( $1595 )
Seat 4: tziza0530 ( $2290 )
Seat 2: gamble75 ( $83 )
Seat 1: Coldmultra ( $1792 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $1180 )
Seat 7: brian53152 ( $1060 )
Trny:8211244 Level:6
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 8c 8s ]
gamble75 folds.
HERO folds.
tziza0530 folds.
brian53152 folds.
Nolimit1981 folds.
Coldmultra does not show cards.
Coldmultra wins 450 chips

And finally, [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

My outgoing hand,
I had to call, right, or should I have folded and hoped to stay alive for a couple more hands?



NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Level:9 Blinds(300/600) -
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 8: Nolimit1981 ( $2502 )
Seat 4: tziza0530 ( $3091 )
Seat 1: Coldmultra ( $1316 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $1091 )
Trny:8211244 Level:9
Blinds(300/600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Jd 2d ]
tziza0530 folds.
Nolimit1981 raises [1200].
Coldmultra folds.
HERO is all-In [491]


I know this is really long [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img], and I appreciate any and all feedback. Steve.

[comguy321]

Anybody. Just trying to learn. I'd really appreciate it.
Steve.

[ChrisV]

Hand 1: Make it a standard 150 preflop. Checkdown after the flop is fine.

Hand 2: Push preflop. There'll be 300 in the pot after you call, you only have 660 odd left after that, and it looks like you have the best hand so push it in and try to grab the pot now.

Hand 3: Yes, you should reraise allin. In general it's best to avoid calling allin but you can't allow yourself to be robbed and you have a pretty fine hand.

Question 4: It depends on the size of the blinds and your stack. If you have less than about 4.5 BB's literally ANYTHING is good enough to try a steal. I would automatically run a steal with J9s and K5s all the way up to 6BB's - from there it depends on the situation.

Hand 5: Easy allin. You're going to be in deep trouble after another round of blinds. 88 is a gift from the gods here, I would steal with much less.

Hand 6: Must call situation. It's likely that the reason you got into this situation was by folding hands like 88 as above.

In general: increase your aggressiveness a LOT. Don't worry about getting caught, you are generally not very far behind.

[nuclear500]

I'm not sure if one can take your posts seriously - but if they are I suggest the better thing to do then posting these hands would be to play a lot more and read a lot more here.