how would you have played this?

[LuckySlevin]

Can you tell me how you would have played this hand please, it's a 1$ 160 man mtt with 117 players left largest stack is 7.5k

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t1055)
MP1 (t2934)
MP2 (t5430)
MP3 (t2351)
CO (t4170)
Button (t1350)
SB (t1410)
BB (t1340)
UTG (t1250)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, K.
UTG folded

[Warpe]

raise

[JKDS]

raise

[LuckySlevin]

Yeah that's what I did 3.5 x bb everyone folded it seems to be happening alot to me lately, im wondering if maybe I should start slow playing these.

[Warpe]

no

[LuckySlevin]

OK thanks, also next hand (so practically everything is the same) im dealt a pair of 7's offsuit - how would you have played them?

[Warpe]

im dealt a pair of 7's offsuit

suited 7s play much better

[OhBollocks]

im dealt a pair of 7's offsuit

suited 7s play much better

Lol its Omaholdem

[a500lbgorilla]

wow, easy raise every time, punch yourself for even considering a raise was wrong. Punch yourself hard.

[LuckySlevin]

ok thanks guys i'll commit that to memory.

[okiman]

KK - I'm surprised you can get people to fold in a $1 tourney.

Which brings up the interesting hand.

77 - It depends on how tight everyone is playing and how positionally aware they are. Are UTG and UTG+1 raises routinely getting folded around?

[Stacks]

You were looking at the results here lucky. It's obvious with a good hand you want to raise to build a pot so that you can win the most possible. Sure, there will be times to get tricky, but not at microstakes. If you had raises and gotten 5 callers and the flop was Axx, would you have said "hmm... Maybe I shouldn't have raised?".. I would hope not, because raising is the right play.

While we think ahead to potential action on later streets, the results aren't a concern of a good player. Yes, it's ideal that you play good and are rewarded with an inflow of alot of money; however, that isn't the issue all the time. You can play good and still lose. This thinking need to continue down to the hand level as well. You can play a hand well and things not go your way and lose. Or play a big hand correct, and not get the action you wanted. You can't let that stop you from making a correct play.

Nice hand. Hope you did well.

[LuckySlevin]

Thanks I need to keep reminding myself it's about the process not the results, I used to know that but seem to have forgotten it along the way. Thanks for the reminder.

[a500lbgorilla]

KK - I'm surprised you can get people to fold in a $1 tourney.

Which brings up the interesting hand.

77 - It depends on how tight everyone is playing and how positionally aware they are. Are UTG and UTG+1 raises routinely getting folded around?

77 is a raise every time, punch yourself for thinking otherwise. Punch yourself medium-hard.

[okiman]

Raise 77 UTG every time? Even in a $1 tourney where you usually will get called by multiple people with all sorts of crap?

[a500lbgorilla]

Punch yourself medium-hard.

[Warpe]

77 is a raise every time, punch yourself for thinking otherwise. Punch yourself medium-hard.

Meh. Sometimes I treat it like 22-66.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ts-t73277.html

[a500lbgorilla]

I will cover my comments with 2 statements: One, I was in a cash game mindset. Two, blinds are tiny and we're gonna flop a set!

[Ablarrrr]

Raisy Daisy with both hands and dont worry if people fold it happens.
Just like when you get AA in the BB and get a walk - damn that annoys me