Please critique my play on this SNG (limit, party, 20+2)

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Ok, I'm just about to go nuts here. My game is off at the moment, and I'm pretty convinced that it's a problem at the 100/200 and 200/400 level. However, I'm not sure how else I should be playing these hands, and I'd be curious what other 2+2'ers think about this (tear me up, seriously). From my perspective: I'm not slipping into weak-tight play, I think I'm defending my blinds correctly, and I'm raising where the situation warrants. But lately, I just keep getting hit with either trash beats or monsters. It's like clockwork. Maybe it's just a bad run, but then again maybe not.

Anyway, here's my last tourney today. Can anyone offer any advice on just what I'm doing wrong here? Seriously, tear me a new one if you think I deserve it.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

q/q


Abbreviated hand history follows :

(note: I can post the full hand history if requested, but I'm abbreviating this to save space -- the critical hands start around #40 or so. The abbreviations I'm using for action are: 'f' for 'fold', 'c' for 'check, 'C' for 'call', 'B' for 'bet', 'R' for 'raise'. The vertical bars denote where the action starts and where one orbit ends (ie: tells you how many are in the hand). The bold actions are mine.)

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Seat 1: sailordon (800) (weak)
Seat 2: woodstockguy (800) (very weak)
Seat 3: sesses2 (800) (weak)
Seat 4: hershm (800)
Seat 5: razor52 (800)
Seat 6: Blazing1 (800)
Seat 7: Waterhole (800)
Seat 8: BigBandMan (800)
Seat 9: me (800)
Seat 10: excan18 (800)

I start out in position 3 (3rd to act after bb).

hand 1 : K9s (fold)
hand 2 : Q9 (fold)
hand 3 : Q4 (fold)

hand 4 : AQ (bb) (-30)
preflop action -- |ffRCfffCfC|
flop : K67 (2-flush in clubs, no clubs in my hand)
flop action -- original raiser checks, cold-caller bets, I fold

hand 5 : T5s (sb) (-15)
preflop action : |ffCfffCCCc| (I complete for 5 chips)
flop : 6A6 (2-flush in spades, one diamond (my suit))
flop action -- check-fold.

hand 6 : 44 (fold) (5 folds and a call to me -- my reasoning: no steal opportunity here (too early), not enough callers to justify the set draw, hand is unlikely to either improve or to hold up unimproved)

hand 7 : A5 (fold)
hand 8 : J2 (fold)
hand 9 : T6 (fold)

hand 10 : 99 (+90)
preflop action -- |fCfCffffCc|
flop : TTJ (2-flush in clubs, I have 9c)
flop action -- |cfcBCf|
turn : 8s
turn action -- |cc|
river : 4h
river action -- |BC|
showdown : hershm shows A8, I show 99, I win (net: +90).

hand 11 : J4 (fold)
hand 12 : 72 (fold)
hand 13 : T6 (fold)

hand 14 : A7s (bb) (-60)
preflop action -- |ffCCffRffC|CC|
flop : 3JT (rainbow, no spade (I'm suited in spades))
flop action : check-fold.

hand 15 : KTs (sb) (-30)
preflop action -- |fffCfCffCc|
flop: 488 (2-flush, clubs, no diamonds (my suit))
flop action : check-fold.

hand 16 : 83 (fold)
hand 17 : 32s (fold)
hand 18 : J9 (fold)
hand 20 : J4s (fold)
hand 21 : A3 (fold)
hand 22 : J4s (fold)

hand 23 : 42s (bb) (-50)
preflop action -- |fCCCfCCc|
flop : 9K2 (two-flush in diamonds, no spades (my suit))
flop action -- |cccccc|
turn : 5c
turn action -- |ccBCCf|ff| (ie: check-fold)

hand 24 : K6s (sb) (-25)
preflop action -- |fCCffffc| (ie: folded SB -- may have been too tight on this one, would've flopped the flush ... argh) (note: my stack was at 680 after posting SB)

hand 25 : 94 (fold)
hand 26 : 32 (fold)
hand 27 : 93 (fold)
hand 28 : Q7 (fold)
hand 29 : J7 (fold)

hand 30 : A3s (bb) (+375)
preflop action -- |ffCfffc|
flop : 2KA (2-flush in spades, one heart (my suit))
flop action -- |cB|RC|
turn : 4d
turn action -- |BC|
river : 2c
river action -- |BC|
showdown : razor52 shows K9, I show A3s, I win (net: +375)

hand 31 : K6 (sb) (-25)
preflop action -- |fCffffc| (ie: folded SB)

hand 32 : T2s (fold)
hand 33 : A5 (fold)
hand 34 : 76 (fold)

hand 35 : A9s (+300)
preflop action -- |RfffCf|
flop : Q67 (all hearts, my suit is clubs)
flop action -- |Bf| (opponent folds to bet)
(my stack is now at 1330)

hand 36 : A8s (bb) (-100)
preflop action -- |Rfffff| (I realize this fold is arguable, but my stack was nicely built, the pot was small, the raiser was a tight player and I was concerned that I was out of position and potentially dominated)

hand 37 : KQ (+515)
preflop action -- |ffRfCf|
flop : KTT (rainbow)
flop action -- |cB|RC|
turn : Ah
turn action -- |bC| (Waterhole, my opponent here, had 15 chips left at this point, so the bet was automatic)
river : Qc
(opponent is all in, so no further action)
showdown : Waterhole shows 33, I show KQ, I win (net: +515)

my stack is now at 1745

hand 38 : T4s (fold)
hand 39 : T9 (fold)
hand 40 : 43s (fold)

hand 41 : 52s (bb) (-100)
preflop action -- |fCffc|
flop : 4K9 (2-flush in diamonds, no club (my suit))
flop action -- |cB|f| (check-fold)

hand 42 : A5 (-710)
preflop action -- |fffRC| (attempted steal, he calls)
flop : KQT (2-flush in clubs, I have no club)
flop action -- |BR|C| (he has 310 chips left, limit is 200/400, I bet, he goes all in, I'm stuck and pretty much have to call the remaining 110 for pot odds on the overcard + gutshot. Argh.)
turn : 8s
river : 9s
showdown : excan18 shows T3s (diamonds) for a pair of tens, I show A5 for high-card ace, I lose (net: -710)

5 players left, my stack is at 935

hand 43 : T6s (fold)

hand 44 : A8s (+640)
preflop action -- |fRffR|C| (I raised on a semi-steal, Blazing1 reraises all-in for an additional 140, I call)
flop : Q6A (2-flush in clubs, my suit)
turn : 7c
river : 7h
showdown : I show A8s, clubs, for nut flush. Blazing1 shows K2. I win (net: +640)



Down to four players now.
Stacks are as follows :

Seat 5: razor52 (3485)
Seat 8: BigBandMan (1620)
Seat 9: me (1575)
Seat 10: excan18 (1320)

I am now UTG, limit is 200/400.


hand 45 : 74 (fold)

hand 46 : 86s (sb) (-100) (gotta love that partypoker blind-skip bug)
preflop action -- |fRff| (folded to possible steal-raise)

hand 47 : T3s (fold to raise from UTG)
hand 48 : K4 (fold UTG)

hand 49 : J7 (bb) (-1200)
preflop action -- |ffRC| (called probable steal-raise)
flop : 4JA (2-flush in diamonds, I have no diamond)
flop action -- |BR|C|
turn : 9c
turn action -- |cc|
river : 2d
river action -- |BC| (put him on a weak bluff, didn't think he had more than king-high)
showdown : he shows A2s for two pair, I show my jacks and lose my ass (net: -1200)

my stack is now at 275, and I'm in the small blind (100)

hand 50: 87 (fold to steal-raise)

(...down to 175...)

hand 51 : AT (-175) (out 4th)
preflop action : |RCff| (I'm all-in, raiser is 'BigBandMan', who has raised four of the previous five hands preflop)
board comes : 4QQJ6
showdown : he shows 77, I show AT, I'm out 4th. Argh.



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