STTF SNG->cash thread

[Josem]

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Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls $2, SB completes, BB checks.

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fold or raise preflop... i (almost) never limp in.

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to $6</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls $6, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $4.

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fold pf... rest of the hand looks fine, i guess.

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Flop: ($46) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets $32</font>, Hero calls $32.

Turn: ($110) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $74</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to $242</font>, Hero calls $80.15 (All-In).

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i don't like the turn.

you have claimed the aggression in the hand with a bizarrely irrelevant 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] I don't get what you're expecting to happen here.


other two hands look fine... although i'm not convinced that raising more (and building a bigger pot) with the 88 hand when you're OOP is a good move... i'd much rather make a bigger re-raise with the AK (where you're in position, are hugely ahead of villain's range) than with the 88 (where you're going to be out of position, and marginally ahead of villain's range)