What could have been done differently? (SnG MicroLimits)

I missed the stack sizes here and on with position your playing, but looks like your invested already more than half your starting stack on the flop. I would bet max 225 chips with 705 chips left. Then you can still shove most turn cards with less invested.

Cheers,
SDK1987

Hero - cut-off
Villain - UTG1
we were even 900 chips (18BB)

Thx for the advice!

Think you played it fine. Considering your stack size, I would have made flop bet a bit smaller, but at micros I would expect this to be a winning play - and you get it in being a 70:30 favourite

6max SnG

Tom_Classy raises to 180
Kristalik7 calls 120
FLOP [4d 4s 6d] (Total Pot: 360, 2 Players)
Kristalik7 checks
Tom_Classy bets 375, and is all in
Kristalik7 calls 375
Tom_Classy shows [8s As]
Kristalik7 shows [2d 3d]
TURN [4d 4s 6d] [3s] (Total Pot: 1,110, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
RIVER [4d 4s 6d 3s] [Th] (Total Pot: 1,110, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
Tom_Classy shows a pair of Fours
Kristalik7 shows two pair, Fours and Threes
Kristalik7 wins the pot (1,110) with two pair, Fours and Threes
SUMMARY
Total pot 1,110 | Rake 0
Board: [4d 4s 6d 3s Th]
Seat 1: Tikulas didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Tom_Classy (button) showed [8s As] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 6: Kristalik7 (big blind) showed [2d 3d] and won (1,110) with two pair, Fours and Threes

Wanted to give him bad pot odds, Hero (BU), Villain (BB), presuming that even if he had flush draw his range won't include such low cards. I think his call wasn't decent, but my shove was not good as well. We had 550 chips each, 3 players left.

I would just have shoved pre with less than 10 BB... as played I think the shove is fine, but the call is ok too, considering he have 19 outs twice (if all his outs is live)

By call, I mean 23s Preflop call, his 19 outs call was fine no doubt)
Ye, I should have shoved pre I think

A shove with A8o would be better indeed with a (180+375) 555 stack in 30/60 or 40/80 blind level.

PokerStars Hand #144910579843: Tournament #1401640921, $0.45+$0.05 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2015/12/06 17:50:11 MSK [2015/12/06 9:50:11 ET]
Table '1401640921 12' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: tempopov (1368 in chips)
Seat 2: Willempie12 (1769 in chips)
Seat 3: Tom_Classy (1585 in chips)
Seat 4: BAD&BAD301 (1935 in chips)
Seat 5: Asha Tanka (988 in chips)
Seat 6: neverex389 (1448 in chips)
Seat 7: DoRenSiko (1735 in chips)
Seat 8: Toloi79 (1564 in chips)
Seat 9: hecmon64 (1108 in chips)
tempopov: posts the ante 4
Willempie12: posts the ante 4
Tom_Classy: posts the ante 4
BAD&BAD301: posts the ante 4
Asha Tanka: posts the ante 4
neverex389: posts the ante 4
DoRenSiko: posts the ante 4
Toloi79: posts the ante 4
hecmon64: posts the ante 4
hecmon64: posts small blind 15
tempopov: posts big blind 30
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to Tom_Classy [Ad Qh]
Willempie12: folds
Tom_Classy: raises 90 to 120
BAD&BAD301: folds
Asha Tanka: folds
neverex389: folds
DoRenSiko: folds
Toloi79: calls 120
hecmon64: folds
tempopov: folds
FLOP [4c 5h 8s]
Tom_Classy: bets 150
Toloi79: calls 150
TURN [4c 5h 8s] [Qc]
Tom_Classy: bets 300
Toloi79: raises 990 to 1290 and is all-in
Tom_Classy: calls 990
RIVER [4c 5h 8s Qc] [4h]
SHOW DOWN
Tom_Classy: shows [Ad Qh] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
Toloi79: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
Toloi79 collected 3201 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 3201 | Rake 0
Board [4c 5h 8s Qc 4h]
Seat 1: tempopov (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Willempie12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tom_Classy showed [Ad Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 4: BAD&BAD301 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Asha Tanka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: neverex389 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DoRenSiko folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Toloi79 (button) showed [Kh Kd] and won (3201) with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 9: hecmon64 (small blind) folded before Flop

Probably had to guess his having something like KK.
anyway, what are your comments?

1st hand

$30/$60 No Limit Holdem
FullTiltPoker8 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
Stacks:
UTG wasteoftime70 ($1,260) 21bb
UTG+1 kennykamo ($1,340) 22bb
MP1 oysterdude ($3,118) 52bb
MP2 new1985 ($1,000) 17bb
CO Alan SoFe ($1,680) 28bb
BTN Hero ($647) 11bb
SB TiKiManTa ($2,825) 47bb
BB daseviel ($1,630) 27bb
Pre-Flop: (90, 8 players) Hero is BTN A♠: 7♣:

3 folds, new1985 raises to $120, 1 fold, Hero goes all-in $647, 2 folds, new1985 calls $527

Flop: 2♦: T♥: Q♦: ($1,384, 2 players), 1 all-in
Turn: 4♥: ($1,384, 2), 1 all-in

River: 9♠: ($1,384, 2), 1 all-in
Final Pot: $1,384
Hero shows Ace Queen high
A♠: 7♣:
new1985 shows Ace Queen high
A♣: 8♥:
new1985 wins $1,384 (net +$737)
Hero lost $647

2nd hand

$30/$60 No Limit Holdem
FullTiltPoker9 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
Stacks:
UTG TiKiManTa ($2,795) 47bb
UTG+1 daseviel ($1,630) 27bb
MP1 wasteoftime70 ($1,260) 21bb
MP2 kennykamo ($1,340) 22bb
MP3 oysterdude ($2,300) 38bb
CO new1985 ($1,000) 17bb
BTN Alan SoFe ($1,680) 28bb
SB Zipperdydoodar ($80) 1bb
BB Hero ($1,415) 24bb
Pre-Flop: (90, 9 players) Hero is BB K♠: A♠:

4 folds, oysterdude calls $60, 2 folds, Zipperdydoodar calls $30, Hero raises to $138, oysterdude calls $78, Zipperdydoodar goes all-in $20

Flop: J♣: 9♠: A♦: ($356, 3 players), 1 all-in
Hero bets $300, oysterdude calls $300
Turn: 8♦: ($956, 3), 1 all-in
Hero bets $300, oysterdude raises to $600, Hero folds
River: 5♣: ($1,856, 2), 1 all-in
Final Pot: $1,856
Zipperdydoodar shows a pair of Eights
8♠: 3♠:
oysterdude shows a pair of Aces
A♣: 6♣:
oysterdude wins $1,856 (net +$818)
Zipperdydoodar lost $80
Hero lost $738

3rd hand

$60/$120 No Limit Holdem
FullTiltPoker7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
Stacks:
UTG daseviel ($1,415) 12bb
UTG+1 Hero ($1,015) 8bb
MP horia90 ($2,730) 23bb
CO strausbogov2 ($2,095) 17bb
BTN Shadow01011979 ($2,890) 24bb
SB nwenta ($2,160) 18bb
BB Benaski ($1,195) 10bb
Pre-Flop: (180, 7 players) Hero is UTG+1 J♦: A♥:

1 fold, Hero goes all-in $1,015, 2 folds, Shadow01011979 goes all-in $2,890, 2 folds

Flop: 6♠: 9♥: 7♣: ($4,085, 2 players), 2 all-in
Turn: Q♣: ($4,085, 2), 2 all-in

River: 5♠: ($4,085, 2), 2 all-in
Final Pot: $4,085
Hero shows Ace Queen high
J♦: A♥:
Shadow01011979 shows three of a kind, Queens
Q♦: Q♥:
Shadow01011979 wins $4,085 (net +$1,195)
Hero lost $1,015

4th hand

$40/$80 No Limit Holdem
FullTiltPoker7 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
Stacks:
UTG Benaski ($1,345) 17bb
UTG+1 daseviel ($1,115) 14bb
MP Hero ($1,885) 24bb
CO horia90 ($2,730) 34bb
BTN strausbogov2 ($2,005) 25bb
SB Shadow01011979 ($2,690) 34bb
BB nwenta ($1,730) 22bb
Pre-Flop: (120, 7 players) Hero is MP 6♠: K♠:

2 folds, Hero raises to $180, 3 folds, nwenta calls $100

Flop: 5♦: 3♠: 7♦: ($400, 2 players)
nwenta checks, Hero bets $240, nwenta calls $240
Turn: 7♠: ($880, 2)
nwenta checks, Hero checks
River: 7♣: ($880, 2)
nwenta checks, Hero bets $480, nwenta calls $480
Final Pot: $1,840
nwenta shows a full house, Sevens full of Tens
T♥: T♣:
Hero shows
6♠: K♠:
nwenta wins $1,840 (net +$940)
Hero lost $900

My analysis

As to the first hand, I think I should have shoved with A9+, so A7 was not good enough against A8 in the present circumstances, since knew I would shove here with a quite wide range (like 12%) that is why he would call most of times here with A5-A8.

In second hand, I think I made a decent fold here on the turn given he might have had TQ,A9 or 99-88. Unfortunately he had enough stupidity to make fold, see his crappy cards and put a «fish» mark on his icon.

I think it is pretty clear that in the third hand situation, I should have gone all-in only with AQ+, 66+( probably KQ?).
Sometimes you just have to post such hands to make people lol at you)))

At last, concerning the fourth hand, I think it is the most difficult hand in the row. I suppose I should have checked behind on the river because I have shown weakness on the turn as far as I folded the range of pocket pairs by checking behind instead of striking a second barrel. Anyway, even if I had a pocket pair and go all-in on the turn or river, his call would have been OK according to the ICM. I could not represent quads of sevens as well, since it was very unlikely that I had a seven after I raised from MP pre-flop.

1st hand I think is close between shoving and folding. If villian have been very active, and if you have seen him fold to 3bets, I guess we can go with A7o. Problem is that I dont believe we will have too much fold equity. Villian got 17 BBs, and pre he shouldnt really go with many hands that he fold against a 11 BB shove (he have to call 527 to win 857).
Think the shove is ok tho, if you have a good feeling about the villian. If he can have A8, he will also have many combos that we are 60% against.

2nd hand I would make bigger pre. 78 more is pretty much a clickback, and villian wont be doing many misstakes against this move. Flop is fine - maybe a bit smaller, but when villian calls with worse hand I guess its fine. Turn I think we can check/call once, and see a river. As played when we get reraised, folding is okay.

3rd hand I dont see whats wrong? We have 8 BBs, and will be in the blinds soon. AJ not a monster in early pos, but shoving for 8 BBs I think is totally fine. Sometimes we will be called by better hands (ofcause)

4th hand we could fold pre. Cbet I would have made smaller. If he folds, he will fold to smaller sizing too. On the river, I think we should ask ourselves why we would bet? At this point will villian fold better hands than ours to a 480 bet? Villian will never fold pairs and I think Ax will call too. Worse hands than that, we will win anyway with King kicker

Malendes, thank you for taking your time!

Indeed, in the 1st hand situation, villain doesn't have much fold equity. He was quite aggressive if I am not mistaken. I will soon get some statistic program to make it clear next time)

2nd hand turn check sounds better than betting, but I thought that my pot odds will not be that good on the river if I check call on the turn

3. I think you may be right since we discount A and J from the deck so there is not much chance that someone will have better A or JJ. We are only afraid of QQ, KK here, but it is rarely the case that someone has them. Probably, I was unlucky

4. "At this point will villian fold better hands than ours to a 480 bet? Villian will never fold pairs and I think Ax will call too. Worse hands than that, we will win anyway with King kicker" true

It would be better if you post 1 hand per thread.
Then it’s easier to have a good discussion, but overall it looks fine the feedback that Malendes gave to you.

Cheers,
SDK1987

SDK1987, okey. Is it fine if I post many hands separately? Just didn't want to flood the forum! Is there any limit for hands to be posted by one person?

There is no limit of hands you can post on the forum.