[Poker Jon]

Hi,

Hand 1: I don't like the way you played this.

The call from you is marginal and the way you played the rest of the hand is very weak passive.

What do you put your opponent on here, with his small bets on Flop Turn and River? He isnt betting AK or AQ like this - he either has AJ, QQ, KK and possibly KJ IMO.

If I called preflop like you, I would probably chuck my cards away on the turn after his second small bet.

Either this, or I raise the flop to see where I am at.

I wouldn't ever call all the bets here.

Hand 2 and 3 are typical 50/50's that you either like gambling with or don't. Pretty standard. If you win them, you cruise to the final table, if you lose them, you are out earlier - end of story.

If you want to make final tables more regularly with less chips, avoid 50/50. If you want to make final tables with big chips, keep trying with 50/50 and eventually you will hit one at the right time.

Cheers,

Jon