Hi guys

In both hands we are already ITM althought still far from FT

Hand 1:

Villain is unknown. His bounty is x8 initial bounty and mine i think it was x4 or x6, dont rememnber well

I suppose we want to isolate ourselves with villain and we dont "care" about his range or about some guy behind waking up w/ a big hand right?

[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $9 Buy-in (6,000/12,000 blinds, 1,500 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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SB: 383,328 (31.9 bb)
BB: 403,560 (33.6 bb)
UTG+1: 223,528 (18.6 bb)
Hero (UTG+2): 240,542 (20 bb)
MP1: 510,937 (42.6 bb)
MP2: 142,608 (11.9 bb)
MP3: 189,795 (15.8 bb)
CO: 228,148 (19 bb)
BTN: 140,471 (11.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with Q A
UTG+1 raises to 24,000, Hero raises to 239,042 and is all-in

Hand 2:

Villain is 15/7 in 20 hands, his bounty is huge, like x 11 initial one
Two hands ago he lost half of his stack; one hand ago i PFR and folded to a shove of other guy

I know my MTT life is at stake but isn´t the reward big enough? How much should be deviate from "normal" game in order to pick up bounties?

[converted_hand][hand_history]Poker Stars, $9 Buy-in (7,000/14,000 blinds, 1,750 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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SB: 337,200 (24.1 bb)
BB: 510,971 (36.5 bb)
UTG+1: 337,142 (24.1 bb)
UTG+2: 556,606 (39.8 bb)
Hero (MP1): 281,042 (20.1 bb)
MP2: 458,546 (32.8 bb)
MP3: 304,435 (21.7 bb)
CO: 378,936 (27.1 bb)
BTN: 234,741 (16.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J K
2 folds, Hero raises to 29,400, 3 folds, BTN raises to 232,991 and is all-in, 2 folds, Hero calls 203,591

generally in bounty tournaments people shove tighter because folks call off lighter because of the bounties; whether your opponents are aware of this at these stakes is uncertain. Because of this though I like the shove in hand one but dislike the call in hand 2.