I'm coming from shorthanded cash games so all this full-ring and tournament stuff is very new to me. Don't try to be pretty if I'm missing something fundamental.
This is a hand from stars $4.4 180 player tournament, blinds 10/20 and going up in ~6 minutes. CO in this hand doesn't seem to be very smart, he got his big stack from a 3-way flippament. No other reads except I'm assuming most of these players suck hard because it's a $4 tourney.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed)
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CO (t4290)
Button (t480)
SB (t2910)
BB (t1570)
UTG (t1330)
UTG+1 (t1450)
MP1 (t1470)
Hero (t1410)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, CO calls t60, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, SB calls t50, BB calls t40.
<font color="blue"> Is raising here standard? I've heard that 3+1 preflop is good for tournaments so I made it 3bb here. Should I be raising more because the stacks are still quite deep or is this good? </font>
Flop: (t240) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t160</font>, CO calls t160, SB folds, BB folds.
<font color="blue"> I expect them to call with worse A's/pp/draws all day so bombs away. Is the betsize good?</font>
Turn: (t560) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t360</font>, CO calls t360.
<font color="blue"> I didn't exactly love that spade, but I hit 2 pair and expect villain to still call with worse A's/2 pair and some XxX[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. </font>
River: (t1280) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t830 (All-In)</font>, CO calls t830.
<font color="blue"> Is shoving good or am I just hoping he sucks hard enough to call with top pair? </font>
Final Pot: t2940