Two NL tourney hands
 

Hand 1:

Blinds 20/40, I have avg ~1300 early in tourney. I raise to 140 from the cutoff with

[Qd Qh]

SB calls, BB folds, 320 in pot.

Flop comes:

[6s 5h 3s]

SB checks, I bet the pot (320), he calls.

Turn

[6s 5h 3s] [2d]

He checks, I bet 820 all in.

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Hand 2:

I have AA in MP at the beginning of a stars tourney (1st 10 hands, stacks 1500 or so, blinds 10/20.

I open raise to 60, LP reraises to 180, I reraise to 500, he calls.

Flop comes

[Kh Ks 6d]

I go all in for my last 1000.

Comments?

Re: Two NL tourney hands
 

These are both spots where one play to consider is the check-and-call-to-induce-a-bluff. Especially the second hand. If you're behind on that flop, you'll lose it all with that bet. However, hands that are now WAY behind you will often fold. But, if you check that flop, you might get a bet out of a pocket pair or even AQ or some such, against which you are so far ahead you should welcome the action.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

Re: Two NL tourney hands
 

Thanks Greg,

Hand 1 I think I played ok. I just can't give a free/cheap card in that spot since one of his possible hands is a flush draw, and I will probably get paid off by a smaller overpair.

On hand 2 I think you are right. Bascially when I reraised preflop the plan was to push all in on the flop and it didn't click until too late how bad that flop was for me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. My bet was terrible, as he would have to be completely clueless to call with a hand that doesn't beat me given my preflop action. He has to assume I have either AA, AK, KK, or MAYBE QQ.