1,2,3 yer out! Could I have done better?

[phrosty]

After 3 hours I have reached level 10. 125 players remain and I have slightly above average stack when I get dealt these three hands in a row.

1.Villian in this hand has been pretty solid to this point

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (10 handed) converter

Hero (t12720)
MP1 (t3159)
MP2 (t8110)
MP3 (t13036)
CO (t6405)
Button (t10860)
SB (t12473)
BB (t12048)
UTG (t5980)
UTG+1 (t5270)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1800</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, BB calls [t12048] t600, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t2700

2. Again a pretty solid opponent, I have seen him make a couple calls of all-ins with questionable cards and survive.
I thought about coming over the top here but there's too many ways it could have hit his hand, and I haven't seen him lay down much.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (10 handed) converter

Hero (t10920)
UTG+2 (t3159)
MP1 (t8110)
MP2 (t13036)
MP3 (t6405)
CO (t10860)
Button (t12173)
SB (t14148)
BB (t5980)
UTG (t5270)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2000</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Button calls t2000, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t4900) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t4900) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t1400</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t6300

3. Can you say tilt? Decided to just stick it in and see what happens.

Hero (t8920)
UTG+1 (t3159)
UTG+2 (t8110)
MP1 (t13036)
MP2 (t6405)
MP3 (t10860)
CO (t15073)
Button (t13848)
SB (t5380)
BB (t5270)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero calls [t8920] , <font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, SB calls [t5380] t300, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t900) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t900) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t900) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t900

(Villain had AK and made str8 to beat me on river)

Next hand i go all in with 3,6 spades and get called by AQ. I'm ahead on the flop and he rivers a Queen...poetic justice [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Firefly]

1 is good
2 I *might* continuation bet here against the right opponent, check folding the turn if called. Remember the board might be as scary to him as it is to you.
3 you can make a standard raise here.

[phrosty]

After thinking about these hands for a while, would anyone advocate limping these in early position or are we always raising these hands?

[betgo]

On the AQ hand with the KJ7 all hearts flop, you have 8K left and there is 5K in the pot. You don't know if your opponent has any hearts, so A, Q, and T may all be outs. It is possible, though unlikely, that ahead with ace high. I would just push and hope villain folds or you win the hand.

You are probably behind on the turn, but the check and fold to villain's probe bet seems weak.