Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell

[Sam T.]

I decided to try on an aggro persona in a Party $10+1 tournament, and wonder if it's stupid play, or what it takes to build a stack early. This is all within the first ten hands. Comments appreciated (Converter is acting up - I'll do what I can.):

Hand 1:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1000)
CO (t1000)
Button (t1000)
SB (t1000)
Hero (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="black"> 7 folds</font>, Button calls t15, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t42.50) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="red">SB bets t15</font>, Hero calls t15, Button calls t15. <font color="blue">I'm not drawing here, but t15 doesn't scream strength, and I decide to stay around to see if I can pick up the pot on a later street. </font>

Turn: (t87.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="red">SB bets t15</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t60</font>...





Hand 2:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB (t985)
BB (t1025)
UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t970)
CO (t955)
Hero (t1065)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="red">UTG raises to t40</font>, <font color="black">6 folds</font>, Hero calls t40, 1 fold, BB calls t25.

Flop: (t127.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="red">UTG bets t40</font>, Hero calls t40, BB folds.

Turn: (t207.50) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="red">UTG bets t40</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t125</font>, UTG calls t85.

River: (t457.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="red">Hero bets t200</font>...



Hand 3:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t975)
SB (t985)
BB (t795)
UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t970)
MP3 (t955)
Hero (t1320)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
3 folds, MP1 calls t15, 2 folds, Hero calls t15, 1 fold[/i]</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t57.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t57.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="red">BB bets t40</font>, MP1 folds, Hero calls t40, SB folds.

River: (t137.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">BB bets t15</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t70</font>...

I know some of the flop calls were loose, but it was an experiment. Aggro post-flop seemed to work well, but I don't know if I should get in the habit of going this route early in tournaments.

Thanks,

Sam