four hands from last night's 45k

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I thought these were interesting, or at least somewhat challenging.

<u>Hand 1</u>: Down to 4 or 5 tables. Villain is GambleAB. Been here several orbits and watched him raise that same amount 2-3 times a round. So thoughts on all streets appreciated.
(He bet the flop reasonably quickly, checked the turn instantly, and took 5-10 seconds to bet the river, if you consider those things.)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t12000 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

CO (t62488)
Hero (t206804)
SB (t176496)
BB (t192212)
UTG (t145208)
UTG+1 (t281597)
MP1 (t130634)
MP2 (t64885)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t26400</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t26400, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t57000) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t26400</font>, Hero calls t26400.

Turn: (t109800) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t109800) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t55000</font>, Hero calls t55000.

Final Pot: t219800

Hands 2-4 are at the final table. My image is pretty LAG if not maniacal. (I busted the 9th place finisher when my failed steal with 43o was reraised all in and I still called getting 3.5 to 1 or so.) Table is fairly tight although they loosen up their reraising standards against me. With that in mind...

<u>Hand 2</u>: What kind of range can I put villain on? He has made a similar raise once or twice before and not shown down but bet very strongly on the flop. And what is my action?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t40000 (8 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t1974227)
CO (t242898)
Button (t1111440)
SB (t928056)
BB (t1057440)
UTG (t2003422)
UTG+1 (t1415324)
MP1 (t463693)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t130000</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t360000</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero...

<u>Hand 3</u>: Given my image, what range do you put villain on? Is my opening raise OK? Can/should I call this, and if not, what do I need? He paused for about 15 seconds before making the raise.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60000 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t1629034)
MP1 (t658338)
MP2 (t852056)
CO (t1131440)
Button (t981422)
SB (t2146824)
BB (t1797386)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200000</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t849056</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero...

<u>Hand 4</u>: Villain has raised my big blind every time it has folded to him on the button. I have taken it back twice by pushing all-in (with legitimate hands, but I have not shown them down). How's this move?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60000 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Hero (t1036956)
UTG (t655338)
MP1 (t1809112)
MP2 (t1123440)
CO (t423444)
Button (t2002824)
SB (t2145386)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t240000</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1033956</font>...