Two TPTK Hands in Cheapo Tournaments

[Tom Bayes]

In the first hand, we are maybe 5 minutes into a $1 NLHE at Stars. I haven't played a hand yet and I know next to nothing about anyone at the table.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

Hero (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1520)
MP1 (t1420)
MP2 (t670)
MP3 (t1470)
CO (t1420)
Button (t1450)
SB (t1320)
BB (t2710)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, UTG+1 calls t60, MP1 calls t60, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls t60, Button calls t60, SB calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t380) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, UTG+1 calls t200, MP1 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds.

Turn: (t780) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero does what???</font>

In the second hand, we are almost to the first break of a $3 NLHE at Stars. The villain (BB) in the hand is a calling station who built his stack by calling pot-sized bets with a draw and sucking out some other guy. MP2 (the big stack) seems to be a good player.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) converter

MP3 (t3095)
CO (t2245)
Button (t1453)
SB (t1410)
BB (t2875)
UTG (t1910)
UTG+1 (t1222)
Hero (t2520)
MP2 (t9625)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, MP2 calls t300, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, BB calls t200.

Flop: (t950) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t600</font>, MP2 folds, BB calls t600.

Turn: (t2150) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero does what? </font>