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Can you guys tell me how you would have played this hand?
I give my thought later if you don't mind.
Thx!
$1 buyinn yes i know but i just started out and i do my stinking best to play optimal on this level :-)

Poker Stars $1.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t75/t150 Blinds - 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: t2840
CO: t4530
BTN: t1305
SB: t2060
Hero (BB): t2765

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with K A
2 folds, BTN calls t150, SB calls t75,
Hero?????

Is this a stt or is it a multi?

Sorry, this is an STT

You have 450 in the pot and will be playing OOP if the BTN calls. I'd give it a good pot-sized raise PF, 450-500 to go would be a good price. You're saying that you want to get it all in on this hand and unless they wanna risk their tournament, they're going to fold. You're ahead of a lot of hands here. And the hands you're not ahead of, well they would have raised before it got to you.

Raise.

Definitely raise.

I would probably just push PF with ~13bbish effective stacks.

The complete hand and my thought process at that moment and after i played it.
My first thought was PUSH right now! But decided to check and let the others fight it out cos i cannot risk my chipstack cos i have good "equity" (*listen close),but as the BTN was starting to raise every hand after becoming very short on chips almost every round and had just doubled up i thought well i'll get a free flop and if i don't hit i give the hand up. So i was mostling considering how the table was acting at that moment then think of my good hand.
Ok flop is very very nasty and here comes my flaw cos as i had "decided by plan" to give up if i don't hit, now i hit an A but scary FD board, as the BTN bets out i pushed AI , that was a big mistake in my opinion, and lost against AQ.
Flop play very very poorly played by me. Bad bad decision(s).
But do you guys like my thought proces in general??? Preflop.
Thx again guys.

Poker Stars $1.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t75/t150 Blinds - 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: t2840
CO: t4530
BTN: t1305
SB: t2060
Hero (BB): t2765

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with K A
2 folds, BTN calls t150, SB calls t75, Hero checks

Flop: (t450) 8 A Q (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets t600, SB folds, Hero raises to t1950, BTN calls t555 all in

Turn: (t2760) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t2760) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

I think too this is a 100% push preflop.
BTN would have snap-called I am pretty sure.
The result doesn't really matter if you get it in with the better hand. If you let him limp in to outflop you with the worse hand it is definitely an ugly feeling.

I think too this is a 100% push preflop.
BTN would have snap-called I am pretty sure.
The result doesn't really matter if you get it in with the better hand. If you let him limp in to outflop you with the worse hand it is definitely an ugly feeling.

So there is a "big"flaw in my thought process...like well just fold and you'll end up ITM anywayz....no way that counts then??
thx for replying, much apreciated

So there is a "big"flaw in my thought process...like well just fold and you'll end up ITM anywayz....no way that counts then??
thx for replying, much apreciated

I'm not sure I quite follow, but yeah, you're not in a spot 5 handed with no real shorties to bank on it being the most profitable to fold in spots like this....this is definitely still a spot where you get it in far ahead of his limping range pf or pick up a medium sized pot basically.

I would definitely want to punish BTN for limping in with garbage - SC. People do all kinds of crazy stuff at this buy in that you can take advantage of. Once I saw four people go AI first hand (J7o was the worst hand).