Hi all:

3 hands I played from the 6 Max. A great tournament. You are 'always' in the hand. Fewer people to watch and categorize. I highly recommend it.

Very first hand. We are only 5 handed, second to act who is one off the button raises to 150. I call in the BB with ATo. Maybe I should be 3 betting this, but I didn't want build a big pot out of position, especially on the first hand.

Flop is QhJh9x. I have no hearts. I check and call a bet of 250. Turn is Kh. I lead for 500. Is this a good bet? He doesn't have too many combinations of hearts, since the big ones are all out there. Still can have all of the connectors, and Ax of hearts. Also, I want to charge the Ah that have queens and jacks, and his straights that don't have an ace...qt/jt/tt/t9 are all very lively candidates. He calls. River is a Jack. I check, he bets 1500. Your move?

Second hand. I am on button with K8. I raise the 50-100 blinds to 250. Only the BB calls. Flop is T82, rainbow. He checks, I bet 300, he calls. Turn is a 3 completing rainbow. We both check. River is an Ace. He bets 1100. Your move?

Third hand. I have pocket 77s, UTG, and raise to 500, blinds 100-200. Only the BB calls. He is easily the best player at the table. Has a ton of chips, been playing aggressively, but not crazy. He has limped his SB to me several times. Anyway, flop is T98, no suits. This is a much better board for his calling range than my raising range. Most of his range hits this board in some fashion; the only stuff I am crushing are the underpairs to my 77, and total whiffs like 54s. So, I think this is an easy checkback. Turn is a Jack. Still dangerous for me, but now I have made a straight. Still what value is there in betting? I check again. River is a 9, final board T98J9. Villain now makes a pot sized bet. Your action.

How many BB does tourn start?
Hand 1- think calling fine. Would like the turn lead more w Th in our hand. Would check most/all our combos. otr, think we see flushes quite a bit in addition to imp 2pair. readless fold, might flick call w Th.

Hand 2- would want to be smaller otf w our cont range, and then bet ott. As played, w the size we made it, x back turn, but fold to his otr sizing.

Hand 3- 300 ott. Call now

Sorry, tournament started 150 BB deep. That might matter for the first hand, but for the other 2, we were deep enough that stack sizes didn't come into play.

Hand 2 is a super easy check back otf

What? Wonder why?

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Hand 3 is a clear call
Others are folds

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Thanks for the answers. At the table I called all 3. In retrospect, I think 1 is a clear fold, the other 2 calls.

Hand 1: What bluffs does villain have? He may have some Ah, but he has so many full houses, and the nut flush too. At the table, he had A2hh

Hand 2: Seems like a call to me. What value does Villain have? He didn't 3 bet from BB, so he probably doesn't have an ace. He could easily have a busted straight draw, or 2 overs and a gut shot. At the table, KJ.

Hand 3: Also a call. He could have almost anything, and we have a decent bluff catcher. Might even get value from 9x. He had J9.