Hey all, I have 3 hands I would like to be critiqued from a recent live 250 mtt.

hand #1- start with a 20k stack and currently at 25/50. 8 handed table, ep raises to 150 and is flatted from mp and i'm in SB with AA (not sure exact place but OOP on other 2) and I 3 bet to 775. Sizing is big but i'm looking to play against 1 opponent as I have trouble playing big pairs early in mtts. I get 1 call from original raiser and we see a flop of 4h-6h-10h. I didn't look at my cards but I did have a heart. I cbet about 900 and opponent calls. Turn is a Qx. I check and opponoent bets small around 1200 I believe and I call. River is a 2H. I didn't know i had a heart at this moment so I waited 10-15 seconds and peaked at my cards and saw I had A of hearts. I thought about it and lead for a 6kish bet (about full pot size). Opponent took around 2-3 minutes and folded. He shows Ax-Jh. Should I ever check this river to induce? I feel he was a semi solid player and probably folds a lot here looking back. I feel like checking river or betting smaller might be better. I feel a river check leads to a bet by him which i can rip as i have basically the nuts (I think a hand like 3-5h made a straight flush but no way this was in his range for calling a 3 bet pre). Just wonder if i should check river. I could bet smaller but i feel the full pot sized bet is solid (I feel most bad live players will call this river bet on this hand).

I kinda lol'd about his pf action. Feel calling a 3bet with AJ is really bad in this hand.

Hand #2- Much later in tournament at 300/600 75, I have a super tight image as I've been card dead and have folded a lot. Very young EP player opens to 1600 (stack prolly of 30-40k). Player hasnt gotten too out of line but is def aggro and prolly on TAG side (I would say probably a good player and not a mouth breather). I have a stack of say 20k and 3bet 99 to 3500 from MP. Meh not a fan of this spot at all, I feel flatting opens others to raise and I can't really set mine here. I like 3 betting with my tight image i guess where if i get flatted, i'm probably Cbetting flop and hoping for a fold if we go up against 1 opponent to a flop. It folds back to original raiser and he jams his stack. I feel this is AQ or AK a lot but I mucked after thinking for a bit. I see no point to try and win a flip here while there is other weak players at my table. He didn't show but I would assume his range is prolly 88+ AQ+ here. Maybe tighter. Any thoughts on my 3bet sizing? I wanted to keep it small so I can cbet a flop. is 3.5k ok here on a 1.6k open? I'm probably 3betting the same size with my really big hands like QQ+.

Final hand- This I feel is super standard but just wanna make sure. I have 15kish at 500-1000 100. I'm in BB with AJo. cutoff raises to 3k- is an older man that is pretty aggro. Good player it seems but not a standard old man that is a nit. Small blind flats and I just rip 15bbs. I obv lose to KK by initial opener. Not sure why i'm asking this but this is a super super simple jam correct? If we get 2 folds we pick up an easy 6800 and we are doing ok i feel with AJ here if called. get called by KK but feel this is a simple jam spot.

Thanks for any feedback.

Isn't it kind of tell? You saw big cards pre, you ignored the suit becuase they were SO good and now you just need to check if a Large Card of heart is there..perhaps V figured that out and fold his J-high flush knowing that you probably had QQ, KK, AA, AK, AQ

1. 5x for a squeeze out of position is not too big. If anything it is too small. Know your cards before the flop. I'd check the river. This is debatable, but it does seem like Villain has some flushes and flush draws that got there. Why not let him try to 'get value'.

2. Hand is fine. Not terrible to flat the raise, then fold to jams. You aren't doing great against a TAG here preflop, and an easy fold to the jam.

3. Completely standard jam.

1. This is a bad. You aren't going to make him fold a smaller flush here. You might bluff him off a set (but people don't fold sets in 250 live events). You should check to let him value bet small or induce. I would probably bet turn.

2. I don't like your 3 bet. He isn't going to fold. It's a awkward stack size to 3 bet. You should flat and then if you get 3 bet behind you, you can decide. You aren't always going to get 3 bet. Would you really mini 3 bet JJ or QQ here? Mini 3 bet ok when you have a good understanding off the villains tendencies.

3. Standard

1. Make sure to know your holding before the river. Double checking for hearts, thinking and then bet that big seems a bit to obvious. V must have felt smthng was wrong. He s supposed to call most of the times with Jh+ in that spot. Seems weird. Must be the timing tell + heart check that got him to lay this one down

2. In that precise spot facing that action and in the need to avoid a disaster, just flat. You are never doing great in that precise spot vs a TAG. Too many players still to act, not deep enough to get cute. Just play straight forward, flat pre with 99's and readjust according to the given action. IMHO, 3betting (and that sizing is just bad imho) is a mistake here.

3. ship it

Thanks for the feedback! I have one more hand I wonder if it is played incorrectly.

I have KcQc at 200/400 50 with a 25k stack. I open from utg+1 to 800, older guy that seems slightly nitty and older 3bets to 1700- his first 3 bet and he has played tight. All folds at a 9 handed table and I flat. Flop is k-9-2 and he cbets 2.5k? And I flat to see if double barrels. Turn, he bets again and big. Turn is maybe an 8? He bets again big like maybe 60-70% pot and I wonder what I do.


I fold as I think he has an extremely nutty hand but do I have to cal here? I feel it might be weak to fold. He 3bet me from super early position and hasn’t been aggro at all whole tourny so I can’t see what he’s betting here. I feel AA or AK but maybe I need to call turn bet and re evaluate river? Thanks for any assistance. I feel most live players aren’t double barreling qq or jj her or kq or worse. I’ve been tight so I feel his 3bet range is super tight. Thanks for letting me know how to proceed here.

If anything, you should double check the suits on the flop. I would do it in this spot even if I knew them to induce, particularly if the villain is at least somewhat aggressive.

Did the flop have at least one club?
You checked OTF, right?

Seems like you have your own answer.
60bb eff before hand.
old + nitty + 3b pre -> Doubt V is double barreling anything that doesnt have KQ beat on that board. imho he could be turning QQ (you re blocking QQ and AQ), JJ into a bluff but it is less probable than him just holding a better hand - there s no fd - (doubt that type of player is 3b pre with AQ before turning it into a dble barrel bluff).
Therefore, even if you still have a little equity, imho i think that folding is the way to go. Strategically speaking, Ifif this is live vs weaker oppos, you ll have other easier and clearer spots to extract value from. those are my thoughts but maybe some will argue that KQss isnt a fold here. Would like to get some othe inputs

I checked the flop out of position and no club on the flop.

AK perfectly fits into V's actions - nitty, 3-bet, double barreling... I would fold OTT..