[tdomeski]

1. I tend to fold here early in a tournament pre flop. . .I like making the people behind me think I'm a tight player with small blinds then take advantage of that when blinds get bigger. For same reason if I were to raise pf I would fold flop nearly everytime. .Let them think you are a weak tighty then make them pay later when it is more beneficial to you.

Hand 2 I fold pretty much everytime. .For what it's worth timing tells here indicate a very strong hand (stronger than AK). With a short stack facing a raise many players will auto push AK. . .as there is only one way to play it. . Although these types of timing tells aren't always accurate it can be very helpful. .As a general rule of thumb I just assume everyone with AK here would play it very fast and not do the long stall thing. .thus, I fold. Plus best case scenario most of the time is coin flip, no need to flip for half your stack at this point. That $1.2K in chips in the pot or whatever is pretty insignificant at this point.