Short background: $100+9 satellite to $500+35 ME. I qualified in a $14+1 tournament. 465 players, 86 seats.

They LOVED the min-PFR. 46 out of 95 hands I was dealt (NOT raises, just hands), were started with a min-PFR. I was definitely the most aggressive player at the table. I was dealt AK 7x in 95 hands and most times I either took the blinds with a PFR, took the blinds + a PFR w/ a re-raise w/o a flop, or won it with a c-bet on the flop. I've also taken down the blinds with open-raises in LP w/ KJ 2x and A8o so I would say I have a fairly aggressive image. I've only had to show down 1 hand. There was a PFR by a short stack, I re-raised w/ QQ and he pushed. That was the 2nd of my 3 pre-flop re-raises and the only one that got to flop. Most of my raises were AK, but they don't know that and my raises were varied.

Here are the 5 debatable hands I played.
1 - Very early in the tournament. 1st orbit.
[9d] (2,895) in MP2. UTG open min-raise to 60. I call, BB calls.
[6s][7d] Pot 195
BB check, UTG 150, I figure I may have the best hand + a few outs so I raise to 400, both call.
Pot 1,395
Checked around.
River 1,395
Board double paired on turn and river, now I can't really beat much but a busted draw. BB checks, UTG bets 450, I fold, BB calls. BB shows [9c]. UTG shows that he min-raised UTG w/ [Js].


2 - I had been very active the past few hands with raises (AK 3x during this level)
Blinds 25/50. [8d] OTB (2,725).
CO opens for 175 (3,320 behind). I elect to just call, I admit to not being sure how I want to proceed with 8's on the flop. Remember I had been fairly aggressive and had already pushed this player off a preflop raise w/ a re-raise. I didn't want to play for a possible coinflip here for my stack.
[Ad][3h] Pot 425
CO bets 200, I call.
Pot 825
CO bets 400, I can't slowplay anymore, CO may have a number of outs now. Time to see if he has anything. I raise to 1,275 (size of pot) and he folds.


3 - 1st hand of the 2nd hour. 50/100 blinds. I have 4065 and [6d] in SB and I believe I made my first and possibly only mistake on this hand on the river.
UTG limps, MP2 limps, I complete, 4 way flop.
[9c][6c] Pot 400
I bet 200, MP2 calls.
Pot 800
I bet 500, MP2 calls (MP2 is the bit stack at the table - still has 6745 after turn call)
Pot 1800
My move?


4 - 1 orbit later, [Kd] OTB. Blinds still 50/100
UTG+1 raises to 300 (6420 behind). I have 2,165. Do I want to call, push, or something in between?


5 - Blinds 60/120. [Ts] in SB w/ 2885 after posting.
UTG +1 (almost 9K) limps, MP1 (2K) limps, I call, BB checks.
[Td][9c] Pot 480
I bet 250, UTG+1 calls.
Pot 980
I have him on a draw and bet 720 and he bets exactly enough to put me all in for 1855 more. Blinds will be 80/160 very soon. Is there a enough of a chance this is still a draw w/ OC's that I have to call? Is folding an option putting more than 1/3 of my stack in already?

3 - That is exactly what I did and he min-raised to 2000. I was pissed at myself for dumping the extra 1000 on the river.

4 - I wasn't ask worried about him having AA/KK as I was about whether I wanted him in the hand or not. Am I happy to push and get a fold no matter his hand or do I want to play this hand at this point in a coinflip or way ahead situation in order to double up here? I pushed, he folded. Afterward I thought maybe I should have bet less, but then if I miss the flop I could be in trouble so I guess pushing was the best play.

5 - I was WAY ahead and he hit a miracle 2 outter on the turn. He had 4's. How could I see that coming? To tell you the truth, the only hand I thought he could have had that was ahead of me there was T9s. Why?
1 - An overpair he raises preflop.
2 - 99 or TT I think gets a raise preflop as well. Even if he does have 99, there is a flush and straight draw out there that could connect with LOTS of hands that would see a cheap flop so a set of 9's raises the flop.
3 - If he has 22, he raises the flop too for exactly the reason I stated above.
4 - That leaves me w/ either KT, AT, T9 as the hands he could have that I'm behind OR flush/straight draw (or both) w/ 2 OC's OR T8s/JTs w/ the flush draw. I just couldn't possibly see how that 4 could have helped him, but it did.