2 Tough decisions as the blinds rise (my weakness)
 

I find myself in level 3 or 4 consistently, and then the fringe decisions (clearly the hardest part of the SNG) make or break my result. What do I do here?

***** Hand History for Game 2457831155 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14438561 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Monday, August 01, 02:32:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 11665 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 6: Latinfury03 ( $1505 )
Seat 9: bill408 ( $1945 )
Seat 7: HERO ( $1965 )
Seat 8: josht0614 ( $1110 )
Seat 5: mirmum ( $1475 )
Trny:14438561 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Kh 9c ]
Latinfury03 folds.
HERO ????



Here's another example. Here, minraiser had been minraising many hands preflop, but hasn't shown anything down

***** Hand History for Game 2457855470 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14438561 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Monday, August 01, 02:36:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 11665 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 6: Latinfury03 ( $1355 )
Seat 9: bill408 ( $3945 )
Seat 7: HERO ( $1965 )
Seat 8: josht0614 ( $735 )
Trny:14438561 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ad 8s ]
josht0614 folds.
bill408 raises [300].
Latinfury03 folds.
HERO.....

Re: Tough decisions as the blinds rise (my weakness)
 

I fold both of these without a second thought. If the blinds were at 200-400 (possibly 150-300) I would push K9o from the CO.

Re: Tough decisions as the blinds rise (my weakness)
 

both are clear folds, givne your position.

Re: 2 Tough decisions as the blinds rise (my weakness)
 

Fold both. You are a small chip leader in hand 1. Certainly you can wait for a better hand then K9o. The raise in front of A8o means no push. I might call here with position and see what flops, but you dont have position.

Re: 2 Tough decisions as the blinds rise (my weakness)
 

1. fold

2. fold - this would be close if shorty wasn't about to be gone. it might change my mind but here i'm waiting for him to evaporate before making some moves that put my tourney life on the line.