A Few Hands for Review

[skirtus]

Hand #1 - I thought this was a good spot to try and pick up a few extra chips.

***** Hand History for Game 2529263001 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14807807 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Saturday, August 13, 17:23:59 EDT 2005
Table Table 35015 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 4: BigAL2330 ( $1145 )
Seat 8: pancino ( $1435 )
Seat 10: Jizool ( $775 )
Seat 1: DON_MELCHOR ( $915 )
Seat 5: PokerIsUp ( $1790 )
Seat 7: HERO ( $530 )
Seat 9: whiskey40 ( $1410 )
Trny:14807807 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Tc Jd ]
pancino folds.
whiskey40 calls [50].
Jizool folds.
DON_MELCHOR folds.
BigAL2330 folds.
PokerIsUp calls [25].
HERO checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, Td, 6d ]
PokerIsUp checks.
HERO pushes

Hand #2

***** Hand History for Game 2529666381 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14810332 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Saturday, August 13, 18:42:59 EDT 2005
Table Table 35063 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: thebbforever ( $430 )
Seat 2: eastpuck2 ( $1635 )
Seat 3: shnabel ( $395 )
Seat 5: luckfactor ( $875 )
Seat 6: danz720 ( $2605 )
Seat 7: HERO ( $725 )
Seat 10: trot4 ( $1335 )
Trny:14810332 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ad Jh ]
shnabel folds.
luckfactor folds.
danz720 folds.
HERO [150].
trot4 folds.
thebbforever is all-In.
eastpuck2 folds.
HERO ?

Its 280 to call. BBforever hasn't been a maniac. But at the $10+1's they will make this move with alot of hands. Especially any Ace. I made the call. Felt I had to with the amount of money already in the pot. Any comments. Is just pushing pre-flop in these situations better?

[nWirb]

Hand 1: Fine.

Hand 2: Call.

[BadMongo]

For hand 1 I don't really like the all-in overbet, as it doesn't really accomplish anything that betting 100-150 wouldn't do. If either of the big stacks paired the Q, no amount that you bet will push them of their hand. If the Q didn't help them, you are likely ahead and don't mind a call.

Hand 2 is fine, I don't see how you can fold for 280 more here. You are getting over 2:1, and your AJ is very likely ahead of the villians range here since this is a 10+1.

Edit: I would not push preflop in either of these situations.

I agree with both plays.