[EdmondDantes]

Couple of hands from deep in last Sunday's CA State Poker Championships ($2590 buy-in, 362 entrants) with a below average stack. Any feedback welcomed...

Hand 1

Blinds at 1000/2000/300 ante. We're sitting 9 per table with 27 left; bubble broke on prior hand. Average stack is 67k. I have 52k. UTG with 100k raises to 7000. One caller to me on the DB with 67d, I call and mentally prepare to push a pair and draw. Flop is 833, two diamonds. 26k pot. UTG bets out 11k into the 26k pot; other player folds. I have 45k. I...?

Hand 2

15 players. 1500/3000/500. Eight players at my table with Can Hua (chip leader at my table with 200k+) two seats to my left raising any unopened or limped pot.

I have 50k and am UTG with 44. I...?

Hand 3

15 players. 2000/4000/1000. I have 45k and am UTG with AQo. Conservative player to my immediate left has me covered with 100K+ chips and as I check my hole cards I notice he's reaching for chips. He's straightforward and I doubt he's angling me, just liking the cards he's just seen. I...?

Probably basic stuff for most of you guys. Newer ground for me, though. Any thoughts welcomed.

Edmond