Two Interesting Hands from a 180

[Cript]

Tough fold on the flop...what do I beat?

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t125/t250 Blinds - 7 players
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UTG+1: t12130
MP: t9021
CO: t5576
Hero (BTN): t5805
SB: t14275
BB: t23186
UTG: t2740

Pre Flop: (t550) Hero is BTN with A Q
3 folds, CO raises to t775, Hero calls t775, SB calls t650, 1 fold

Flop: (t2750) Q K A (3 players)
SB checks, CO bets t1275, Hero calls t1275, SB raises to t7550, CO calls t3501 all in, Hero folds

Turn: (t13577) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t13577) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

This one seemed a bit easier?

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t150/t300 Blinds - 7 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

CO: t6790
Hero (BTN): t6635
SB: t8025
BB: t50942
UTG: t8110
UTG+1: t2883
MP: t2815

Pre Flop: (t625) Hero is BTN with Q A
3 folds, CO raises to t600, Hero raises to t1800, SB raises to t8000 all in, BB raises to t14200, 2 folds

Flop: (t18575) 8 8 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t18575) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t18575) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

[emmapeel]

Hand 1

AQ is good enough to re-raise against a late position player. It's sometimes good enough against an MP player too. Pushing all-in is simplest here as the stacks are just over 20BB.

The flop is tricky but I'm sure that all my chips will be going in the pot here. CO should have a wide range here and may have any ace so I should be doing good here. I think I'm just going to play simply again and push the flop. Calling might be better but it is more difficult.

After SB check-raises it is still not such a worry as he should only have JT here that beats us. Any other better hand might have re-raised pre-flop. When CO calls it is a bit more of a worry as CO can have any of the hands that beat us. Then again I think KQ, AJ or AT might play this way too.

The fold might be good here but with stacks at 20BB I might call this to try to get a bigger stack.

Hand 2

I'm probably folding this one. There has been a lot of strength shown and the only good point is that I may have good pot odds to call. I would certainly think about it but will probably end up folding.

EP

[jmbreslin]

Hand 2 is an easy fold for me.

Hand 1 I agree with emma that a resteal is the best move PF there. Pushing seems a bit much but any proper reraise will basically commit you anyway. I don't like the call for more than 10% of your stack with the blinds still to act. Make CO decide if he wants to play for his stack PF.