2 Hands from same 10 Man $20+2

1st one early, no reads

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)

Button (t816)
SB (t3375)
BB (t2299)
UTG (t1925)
UTG+1 (t1980)
Hero (t1880)
MP2 (t4260)
MP3 (t1880)
CO (t1585)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with [Jh], [Js].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t120, Hero raises to t305, 4 folds, SB calls t275, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t1980, all in , Hero folds

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this one was later

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Bet The Pot)

CO (t1593)
Button (t4281)
SB (t1298)
Hero (t2570)
UTG (t7672)
MP (t2586)

Preflop: Hero is BB with [Ts], [Th].
2 folds, CO raises to t1593, Button calls t1593, 1 fold. Hero folds

Button was a loose caller
And CO risked chips with marginal hands early. Now of course, he would push with a wide range correctly. I was going to call if Button had folded



Good ?

hand 1 is standard - min-raise from EP can mean monster, and it apparently does when villain goes over the top like that.

hand 2 is very close - it'd be a call if you were getting 2-1. Evaluating what is a good but not ideal scenario, a dominated ace for the button and two overcards for the CO (K-J, say), your equity's 38%. Significant enough to call if they both had you covered. That makes a call justifiable here, too, by getting 38% on your money, but it's close enough that either action's correct.

This close to the money I err on the side of caution and fold.

Meh, first hand its better to fold. Just not alot of hands you have dominated here, so IMO good fold. However, I flat call JJ in that spot.

2nd hand seems standard.

What happened to limit HE actuary?

the honest answer:

I was at risk of letting it take over.
Not that I played a ton, but it's so fascinating to me..I wanted to get better - beyond SSHE so I could have the confidence to play 5/10 like my BR supports; however, I need to spend more time with my wife, and do a better job at work..and balance in general. I had my first LHE down month in March (or April?) and decided to get back to SnG's, which had cost me a little money early when I knew nothing. They've been so much fun, pretty profitable, and fairly stable income, that I'm sticking with them. I imagine a day down the road where I get back into Limit and take my game to the next level; but for now, low stress SnG's are the ticket

Yo...NLHE is where its at man.

too much stress!
I hate losing $100 in one pot.
I'm certain that's a weakness in my game, so SnG's help by limiting the loss

Ye, but you can also win 100 in a pot lol. Without having to sidestep 8 limpers.

Both are excellent folds.

I call or fold the first hand early. But you played it fine as well.
I also like your plan on the second hand. Those blinds are getting big for 6-handed. Nice discipline folding the TT.

-M

Bet you wish you would have just smooth-called in the first hand, eh??
I like the TT fold, good discipline. They most likely share at least one over card, but you're still not getting the best of it in a 3-way pot.

um if they do share an over like say AQ and AK we would want to get involved. We have better then 33% equity if these are the hands that we put them on.

But since we can't and we have to put them on a range of hands, I like the fold here

nah.
I'll play it both ways, I'm ok with this.
Prefer this in fact