Just Starting Back at MTTs

PBJaxx · #1 03-30-2006, 10:38 PM

Ok, I have been playing 6max limit pretty much exclusively the last few months. I played MTTs for a year awhile back, but I feel like my game has come a long way since the last time I played MTTs. Here are a few marginal situations that I just don't know how to play.

Hand #1:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

BB (t2363)
UTG (t1825)
UTG+1 (t4314)
UTG+2 (t3495)
MP1 (t5732)
MP2 (t3322)
MP3 (t3422)
CO (t3807)
Hero (t3872)
SB (t1151)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, MP2 calls t100, MP3 raises to t200, 1 fold, Hero raises to t400, SB raises to t1151, 2 folds, MP3 calls t951, Hero folds.

Hand #2:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Button (t1308)
SB (t1083)
BB (t3527)
UTG (t5430)
UTG+1 (t5082)
UTG+2 (t6537)
MP1 (t6946)
MP2 (t2007)
Hero (t3672)
CO (t6762)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t200, 4 folds, Hero folds...

In the first hand, while getting laid great odds to call, I assume that I will end up all-in in this hand, especially if an ace hits. If MP3 doesn't call, I certainly do. I also should mention that in the heat of multi-tabling, i failed to realize that MP3 raised to 200 before it was my turn to act. If I would have been paying attention, I certainly would have raised to a larger amount (~600). That may have been my downfall.

I know I am totally newbin at MTTs right now, thanks for any advice.

-Jaxx

Bungler · #2 03-30-2006, 11:11 PM

Hand 1 I'm at least calling and considering pushing to try and isolate with all the dead money in the pot. As you noted your miniraise sucks.

Hand 2 Looks fine.