gameova38

*** MOD: Moved to MTT / Mid Stakes [2014-01-20 17:45 CET] ***

Played a live tourney today and ran into a few sick spots. I was running over the table and had the image of a maniac, continuously robbing with little resistance.

Hand 1: We are currently in the money and a few away from the final table.

Stack: 430k

Blinds: 5k/10k/1k

Villain: Older guy, kind of passive, not super aggro or tight, doesn't have much poker knowledge

I open EP to 20k with AcQc, villain flats, short stack shoves from BB to 35k total. I call the 15k (Should I have raised?), and old guy shoves for around 200k more. I found stack preservation to be important here as I was having such an easy time with the table.

Hand 2: Final Table recently Begun, money jumps are beginning to become significant and there are 4 short stacks (5-15BB) at the table.

Stack 300k

Blinds: 6k/12k/2k

Villian: middle aged guy, haven't seen much of him, just a defend from the BB with q9cc. He covers me.

Shortstack shoves 29k utg I'm utg+1 and just call with AQo (should I have 3b/shoved?), 2 others call. Flop Q79r I bet into a dry side pot for 70k, villain makes it 150k, not sure if he's competent enough to know I'm never bluffing into a dry side pot. Thoughts?

Thanks for all the help guys! Really looking forward to being part of the RIO community!