Two consecutive hands in the end of a tourney - opinions please

[Pug conDoin]

Thanks man,

I still count on my developing skills, altough I have
a lot more work to do. I'll be writing more.

Yours,
Pug

[SonofDjugashvili]

I think both hands are shoves.
#1 - You only have 10 BB's and a good hand. The UTG AI can have ATC, so that's easy. The caller might have a big hand (trapping with AA or KK), but he might have anything because he is a big stack. Your chip position is bad, and there is a lot of dead money in the pot if you can get the caller to fold. I think you stack up well against both their ranges, and you need chips badly - shove. Unless you make it to 6th+ (really top 3), the money is not worth folding your way to a higher positions. Shove to isolate. I wish you hadn't posted the result. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

#2 - shove PF or flat-call - anything else is weird and suspicious with your stack. And bet the flop - checking is just way too suspicious - he expects you to shove no matter what you have. Don't disappoint him.

[mmbossman]

The thing that bothered me the most about hand #2 was the minraise PF. To me, when the play is HU, it absolutely screams AA (unless it comes from an absolutely terrible player, then it could just as likely be KJo). At least try to disguise it a little more, either by (like SonofDjugashvili said), flat calling or pushing. If you had chosen to flat call, and then see the A on the flop, by all means push! The most likely hand, from villains eyes would be a spade draw, and you're semibluff pushing, hoping for him to go away.

I also like the push on hand #1, calling is probably the worst thing you could do. If the table had been tight I wouldn't argue with a fold either, although the lack of a raise from the 2nd pos. seems to be pretty weak.

[Pug conDoin]

Cheers and thanks for the comments.

#1: My first post here, so in the future I know not to post
the results. To be honest, shoving did not even cross in
my mind, so I might make a lead here that I just played
too cautiously. Have also to think that in future.

#2: Seems like the good think is to do the obvious
here. Well, today I witnessed the same situation, but
this time I was not luckily involved.

Yours,
Pug

[Pug conDoin]

Methanks comments. Seems like more aggression. I usually
try to avoid calling, but here (hand 1) it seemed one
option. I've just busted out too many times with 77
(I know, it had nothing to do with that situation, but
still...)

That much wiser I continue.

Thank You

Yours,
Pug