End stage of MTT, what do you think of my play?

[RingoStar]

The title says it all, I'm interested in seeing what you guys think.

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PokerStars Game #7764519141: Tournament #39685475, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit
- Level XI (600/1200) - 2007/01/04 - 16:59:10 (ET)
Table '39685475 16' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: rodneyk (5986 in chips)
Seat 2: HERO (25062 in chips)
Seat 3: HYALIS (9054 in chips)
Seat 5: Taurus85 (21994 in chips)
Seat 6: telumchen (42170 in chips)
Seat 9: Mid-Ocean (19049 in chips)
rodneyk: posts the ante 75
HERO: posts the ante 75
HYALIS: posts the ante 75
Taurus85: posts the ante 75
telumchen: posts the ante 75
Mid-Ocean: posts the ante 75
rodneyk: posts small blind 600
HERO: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [Ts 7s]
HYALIS: folds
Taurus85: folds
telumchen: folds
Mid-Ocean: raises 1200 to 2400
rodneyk: folds
HERO: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [9s 8s 2h]
HERO: checks
Mid-Ocean: bets 2400
HERO: raises 20187 to 22587 and is all-in
Mid-Ocean: calls 14174 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9s 8s 2h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [9s 8s 2h 7c] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HERO: shows [Ts 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
Mid-Ocean: shows [Jd 8h] (a pair of Eights)
Mid-Ocean collected 38998 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38998 | Rake 0
Board [9s 8s 2h 7c 5c]
Seat 1: rodneyk (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: HERO (big blind) showed [Ts 7s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 3: HYALIS folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Taurus85 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: telumchen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Mid-Ocean (button) showed [Jd 8h] and won (38998) with a pair of Eights

[Cornell Fiji]

Flop could not be any more standard.

Sometimes I go for a bet / 3 bet line here but in such a low buy in I think you are getting called too often if he raises the flop and you 3 bet it. I like the check raise a lot to push him off of air.

Preflop is marginal but with all of the dead money and the knowledge that this guy will open with J8o and then get his stack in with middle pair no kicker this is an easy call.

You were a 59/41 favorite when the money got in plus there was dead money in the pot and you had fold equity.

In the future do not post the results of the hand. Also please use a hand converter (like the one found here: http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com...Converter.php) so that we get to see pretty [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]s instead of ugly text.

Welcome to the forums!

[RingoStar]

Thanks, although I was quite satisfied with my play here as well, some other people told me it was very weak. Since I know there's a lot of knowledge here at the forums, I decided to ask you for you opinions.

Concerning the results and icons, I will do that in the future.

[beenben]

pre-flop - that's fine. you've got the odds to call, especially with the antes.

flop - standard. you've got a billion outs. An alternative would be to re-raise to 6k - it looks more like a serious bet, and then obviously call a push.