Hornet's Strategy Questions. Part 4

[happyhornet]

A real flaw in my tournament play used to be my timidity in the latter stages of tournaments even when one of the bigger stacks. As such, I'd drift into the money now and again but rarely make the FT. Having played/watched many of you fine ladies and gents, I have honed my game to be more aggressive. The problem is I think I am now being too aggressive. Several times recently, I've been in a great spot (chip leader with 20 left) and failed to make the final table, not because of a bad beat, just beaten by better hands. My request of you is to look at these examples and see if you think I have played them wrongly. They are all from the same tournament this week: €1,000 GUARANTEED (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: Errante11 (14462.00) Seat 2: thehornet1 (34156.00) Seat 3: bibi 01 (44037.00) Seat 5: MyMoney98 (25688.00) Seat 6: zambas (12363.00) Seat 7: spanner.j (12524.00) Seat 8: gpwrc71 (16825.00) Seat 9: dzsoni1 (19481.00) Seat 10: pipo07 (10910.00) Errante11 post SB 500.00 thehornet1 post BB 1000.00 ** Deal ** Errante11 [N/A, N/A] thehornet1 [7c, 7s] bibi 01 [N/A, N/A] MyMoney98 [N/A, N/A] zambas [N/A, N/A] spanner.j [N/A, N/A] gpwrc71 [N/A, N/A] dzsoni1 [N/A, N/A] pipo07 [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** bibi 01 Fold MyMoney98 Fold zambas All-in 12363.00 spanner.j Fold gpwrc71 Fold dzsoni1 Fold pipo07 Fold Errante11 Fold thehornet1 Call 12363.00 He had AK and hit a King on the turn. 750.00/1500.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 19 December 2007 22:09:26 €1,000 GUARANTEED (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: savatalas (43505.00) Seat 2: batman4eve (10268.00) Seat 3: StormP (28936.00) Seat 5: gabiii (39640.00) Seat 6: dimon 1975 (14266.00) Seat 7: rumico`14 (53028.00) Seat 8: thehornet1 (50886.00) Seat 9: snoodie (28511.00) Seat 10: tokkerdk (20143.00) rumico`14 post SB 750.00 thehornet1 post BB 1500.00 ** Deal ** savatalas [N/A, N/A] batman4eve [N/A, N/A] StormP [N/A, N/A] gabiii [N/A, N/A] dimon 1975 [N/A, N/A] rumico`14 [N/A, N/A] thehornet1 [10s, Qh] snoodie [N/A, N/A] tokkerdk [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** snoodie Fold tokkerdk Fold savatalas Fold batman4eve All-in 10268.00 StormP Fold gabiii Fold dimon 1975 Fold rumico`14 Fold thehornet1 Call 10268.00 He only had K2s but was still ahead and hit a 2 on the flop 1000.00/2000.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 19 December 2007 22:14:08 €1,000 GUARANTEED (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: savatalas (44005.00) Seat 2: batman4eve (18336.00) Seat 3: StormP (33836.00) Seat 5: gabiii (36340.00) Seat 6: dimon 1975 (12966.00) Seat 8: thehornet1 (40668.00) Seat 9: snoodie (24211.00) Seat 10: tokkerdk (30493.00) gabiii post SB 1000.00 dimon 1975 post BB 2000.00 ** Deal ** savatalas [N/A, N/A] batman4eve [N/A, N/A] StormP [N/A, N/A] gabiii [N/A, N/A] dimon 1975 [N/A, N/A] thehornet1 [5c, 5d] snoodie [N/A, N/A] tokkerdk [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** thehornet1 Raise to 6000.00 snoodie Raise to 12000.00 tokkerdk Fold savatalas Fold batman4eve Fold StormP Fold gabiii Fold dimon 1975 Fold thehornet1 All-in 40668.00 snoodie All-in 24211.00 He had Aces, they held up. And lastly, my departure from the tournament Seat 1: savatalas (70541.00) Seat 3: StormP (30736.00) Seat 5: gabiii (34140.00) Seat 8: thehornet1 (28623.00) Seat 9: snoodie (48822.00) Seat 10: tokkerdk (28393.00) StormP post SB 1000.00 gabiii post BB 2000.00 ** Deal ** savatalas [N/A, N/A] StormP [N/A, N/A] gabiii [N/A, N/A] thehornet1 [Jd, Kh] snoodie [N/A, N/A] tokkerdk [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** thehornet1 Raise to 8000.00 snoodie Fold tokkerdk Fold savatalas Fold StormP Fold gabiii All-in 34140.00 thehornet1 All-in 28623.00 He had AQ and it held up (obviously, as I was eliminated!!) Any comments (please be nice, it's Xmas:tongue2) would be appreciated. Steve

[slick mick]

Re: Hornet's Strategy Questions. Part 4 I think you've just gone past aggressive and hit reckless head on. I wouldn't have been in hands 2 and 4 at all, 3 I would be folding to the reraise. With hand 1 it's a maybe depending on my read of the opponent.