$6.50 2 hands I'm not sure about~

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Hello. I'm very new to sngs but I have a fairly basic understanding etc, what to push when (although I'm not as knowledgable on ICM as I'd like).

These two hands probably have a lot to do with why I'm not a good player yet, so any feedback would be great.




HAND 1

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG+1 (t4055)
MP1 (t625)
Hero (t1350)
CO (t2015)
Button (t1125)
SB (t1470)
BB (t1480)
UTG (t1380)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1350</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, BB calls t1250.

Flop: (t2750) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t2750) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t2750) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t2750

HAND 2

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG (t2895)
MP (t1975)
Hero (t1450)
SB (t4185)
BB (t2995)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t200, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1450</font>, SB calls t1350, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG folds.

Flop: (t3300) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t3300) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t3300) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t3300







Hand 1 - What's my play preflop here? Am I too deep to shove?


Hand 2 - I'd noticed that guy had limped a lot and had been weak, so i decided to shove A4. Considering the blinds etc etc was this a good/bad play?
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