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[hoosierAKs]

So I enter one of those $10 MTT's on PS... NLHE, 1st pays over $3k... 1100+ entrants or so.To start, I'm absolutely dominating, and at the first break I've got over 6k from my original 1500... A few hands after the first break... binds 75/150I'm in the SB with QQ... UTG+1 raises to 350... CO calls... I sit for a second and push all in for my 6k... original bettor folds... CO takes his time and calls...with ATo??Flop blank... turn blank... river... A.So right after that what do I hear? "Shit I folded AJ." "Yeah, I folded A8."That's right, that ace he hit was the last one in the deck. ---------------------So now I'm down to 2k... near the back of the pack. About 10 hands later, I hit Qs9d in the BB... a few callers to the CO who min-raises to 400... so I call the 200 more, knowing everyone else will, and they do.Flop: Kd Qd 6dBully stack (UTG+1) bets out 400... folds around to me... I figure there's a ton of money in the pot, I've got 2nd pair and a backup diamond... and this guy's been buying every pot he gets a chance at...So I push in my somewhat meager 2500 or so more...He sits there for a solid minute plus... at this point I'm PLEADING for a call to double up... and he finally calls! Turning over...AhJh????mmmmkay... so he's got his 2 non-diamond aces, and 3 non-diamond tens... so what does the turn bring?THE TEN OF HEARTS!The river blanks and I'm out 300 something'th...SIGH.

[kinghill]

ok i'm no expert, but in your 1st example, why push allin preflop there? at that level you're nowhere near shortstacked... doesn't seem worth the risk to push preflop.I think I would have raised to 900, hoping to take the pot right there, or get 1 caller. Then if the flop didn't show A or K, push then, and the guy holding A 10 would have folded... maybe? heh not defending the crazy call by the A 10 guy, but anyway i think that's how i would have done it

[hoosierAKs]

that is what i should have done, and would normally do in cash games or other tourney situations... but i was playing off my image at that pt... i'd gone all-in preflop a lot of times, stealing blinds and playing uber-aggresive, which is thy only way to take those MTTs down... hoping to get a caller with an AQ type hand or underpair... and I did... but c'est la vie.

[krup24]

The push of all in on the first hand is not a great move. See the flop first. You know for a fact he's dropping w/ no A or 10 on the flop. Maybe reraise him slightly but don't let him be able to river a ace that he should've never seen.The second situation was a good play / bad call on other player don't kick ur self over that one.Good luck.

[hoosierAKs]

oy sry... the second hand was 6d not 6c... typo there. i can put up the HH if you'd like i'm just lazy to dig it upand for the first hand, i hate seeing flops with hands like TT, JJ, QQ, when there's enough money i can take preflop that makes it worth just making sure to bag it then... obviously if id known what i was up against, i woulda waited for the flop to come blank and then pushed... but say i saw aflop and a K came? id have to fold to any sort of real aggresion, even tho neither had the K...and again, also playing off an image... literally 4 hands earlier i was on a steal with 92o and showed it... and id been playing uber-aggresive the entire way...thanks for the comments

[hoosierAKs]

also when i say "push all in" on hte QQ hand... the guy that beat me had 3000ish so i was going 2kish over the top, not 5kish