$460+40 live MTT at APPT Macau, 3 hands I'm not sure about

[garcia1000]

Hi guys,

I played in the 50-person $460+40 MTT at APPT Macau. There were a few hands I'm not sure about.

Everyone starts with 3000 chips, so total chips in the tourney is 150K. Payout is 10 places, with 10th place getting $500, and 1st place getting $12,000. The rise from 10th to 1st was gradual.

All the hands I'm not sure about occur near the bubble. They are all at the same table. Everyone at my table is a good player who adjusts effectively to different Ms, except for the person two spots on my left who is a donk (e.g. limps in with an M of 2 and then folds to a re-raise, call an all-in with an M of 4 with A2o)

Hand 1:
8-handed, 15 players left.
Blinds are 300/600 with an ante of 100.
I'm on the cutoff with 14K in chips. On the button is a guy with 5.5K. Small blind has 4K in chips after posting. Big blind has around 7.5K after posting

It's folded to me. I have T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Pot is 1700. What should I do here?


Hand 2:
7-handed, 14 players left.
Blinds are 300/600 with an ante of 100.
I have 15K in chips.
I'm in the big blind with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Two folds, two limps, rest of the table folds to me. Pot is now 2800. The respective stacks of the limpers are 4K and 11K (after the limps) Should I re-raise or check?

I actually checked. Flop is T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Should I bet or check?

I checked here which I am not so sure about... first limper bets 1K, and the second limper raises to 2.5K. What should I do here?


Hand 3
7-handed, 14 players left.
Blinds are 400/800 with an ante of 100.
I have 11K in chips.
I'm on the button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. UTG (22K) raises to 2200. It's folded to me. SB has 6K after posting, BB has 4K after posting. What should I do here?


Thanks guys, I haven't played that many MTTs before.