Couple of hands
 

I apologize in advance for not converting these, bison's converter wouldn't work for these 22's Party Poker games. Just assume I have no reads on the villains. Also if i happened to accidentally not replace "hero" with "karmatill", thats me.

Hand 1:
-Villian had just recently tripled up from knocking out two guys, i dont remember how he did it.

15/30 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18381445) - Sun Dec 18 03:46:24 EST 2005
Table Table 67356 (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 2: dfrst (785)
Seat 3: BIGG_STIFF (800)
Seat 4: Cobra4CO (800)
Seat 5: emnsc (845)
Seat 6: matthew24_7 (755)
Seat 7: lblion61 (860)
Seat 8: candlo (2400)
Seat 9: Hero (755)
dfrst posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ah, Qh ]
BIGG_STIFF folds.
Cobra4CO folds.
emnsc calls (15)
matthew24_7 folds.
lblion61 calls (15)
candlo raises (30) to 30
Hero raises (125) to 125
dfrst folds.
emnsc folds.
lblion61 folds.
candlo calls (95)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Th, 3h, 4c ]
candlo bets (200)
Hero folds.

In retrospect i think i should have shoved, placing him on hitting his ten or having a PP. There would be some FE if this is the case, plus i am still only a 2.1-1 dog if he calls. My main question is if i should have pushed or folded.

Hand 2:

30/60 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18381437) - Sun Dec 18 03:59:19 EST 2005
Table Table 67353 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: maestro7 (775)
Seat 3: DTWOB (1350)
Seat 4: Hero (1830)
Seat 5: Windy96 (1950)
Seat 7: jeeezys (730)
Seat 8: joebo93 (1365)
Hero posts small blind (15)
Windy96 posts big blind (30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Qd, 9h ]
jeeezys calls (30)
joebo93 folds.
maestro7 folds.
DTWOB folds.
Hero calls (15)
Windy96 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jh, 5h, Th ]
Hero bets (90)
Windy96 folds.
jeeezys calls (90)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qs ]
Hero bets (225)
jeeezys raises (610) to 610
jeeezys is all-In.
Hero folds.

-Should i have folded this preflop? Should i have just checked behind me on the turn after he called my flop bet? I think my fold was easy enough after he came over the top, but the hand felt like a waste of chips to me.




Hand 3:
100/200 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18381437) - Sun Dec 18 04:08:20 EST 2005
Table Table 67353 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: maestro7 (1085)
Seat 3: DTWOB (1100)
Seat 4: Hero (1485)
Seat 5: Windy96 (1915)
Seat 7: jeeezys (1310)
Seat 8: joebo93 (1105)
Windy96 posts small blind (50)
jeeezys posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Qh, Ad ]
joebo93 raises (225) to 225
maestro7 folds.
DTWOB folds.
Hero folds.
Windy96 folds.
jeeezys folds.

-The raise from EP from a player who isnt in any real danger of getting blinded down soon and my decent chip position made me fold, but is this playing too tight?

Thanks to everyone for the input and be as critical as you can please! I would rather be berated by everyone and learn more so be harsh.

Re: Couple of hands
 

I stopped reading after hand one, which in my amateur opinion, was a disaster.

Pre-flop: I flat call with AQs.

Flop: Umm... what exactly were you hoping for? You have two overs and the nut flush draw. There's a little over 500 chips in the pot and you have around 600 chips left. Why re-raise pre-flop if you're folding here? Easy push.

Re: Couple of hands
 

I figured as much about hand 1, thanks 45suited.

Re: Couple of hands
 

Until recently I would have folded all three pre-flop and I did very well in my first 1000 11s. A flat call is probably better in position for a min raise. I am just working AQ early into my early game. The donkeys can make it difficult after the flop as they try to stack off. Playing just premium hands in the early levels until you get your feat wet is definately a better option that reraising AQ.

-Bishop