AK/QQ Tournament Play And My Plans For Saturday Poker

Overall today i have had a good run with 5 or 6 cashes in a row in the sng's. I was able to cash out a few bucks to do some simple shopping with the kids.Well after i got back home,i felt like i would start playing one SAT and one MTT today.

Well today i learned a few lessons about playing AK; Becuase this hand has to be played correctly in order to be effective.I entered the $25+2 $18,000 tournament on Poker Stars tonight. I played the 1st hour perfectly and had an avg stack.I was feeling very good about my play,then this hand comes up.

With about 3800 in chips in late position i picked up AK one off the button.I raised 3x the BB to 600 and got one caller.

PokerStars Game #10687051796: Tournament #53512230, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/06/29 - 21:27:41 (ET)
Table '53512230 142' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ostatepoke45 (295 in chips)
Seat 2: gardner52 (7635 in chips)
Seat 3: Larry Dale P (12601 in chips)
Seat 4: Smaug559 (9310 in chips)
Seat 5: Luna The Dog (4225 in chips)
Seat 6: SR8tAcEto5 (3737 in chips)
Seat 7: KJV2000 (11177 in chips)
Seat 8: fislady69 (2735 in chips)
Seat 9: river beast (4530 in chips)
Larry Dale P: posts small blind 100
Smaug559: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SR8tAcEto5 [Kh Ad]
Luna The Dog: folds
SR8tAcEto5: raises 400 to 600
KJV2000: folds
fislady69: folds
river beast: calls 600
ostatepoke45: folds
gardner52: folds
Larry Dale P: folds
Smaug559: folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 2s 4c]
SR8tAcEto5: checks (Here i fail to make a c-bet)
river beast: bets 1600
SR8tAcEto5: raises 1537 to 3137 and is all-in(horrid push)
river beast: calls 1537
*** TURN *** [5d 2s 4c] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [5d 2s 4c Ts] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SR8tAcEto5: shows [Kh Ad] (high card Ace)
river beast: shows [5h Ah] (a pair of Fives)
river beast collected 7774 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7774 | Rake 0
Board [5d 2s 4c Ts 7s]
Seat 1: ostatepoke45 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: gardner52 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Larry Dale P (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Smaug559 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Luna The Dog folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: SR8tAcEto5 showed [Kh Ad] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: KJV2000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: fislady69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: river beast showed [5h Ah] and won (7774) with a pair of Fives

LESSON- Make C-bet and fold!!!!

And now comes the $11.70 sng where i had an obvious fold unless i had KK!!!!


PokerStars Game #10687245680: Tournament #53499621, $10.70+$1.00 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/29 - 21:40:57 (ET)
Table '53499621 5' 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: RiverRat247 (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: lobo61 (1490 in chips)
Seat 4: RaminWho (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: CHIP BUYER (1440 in chips)
Seat 6: diesel_benz (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: jamslam77 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: BLChief (1500 in chips)
Seat 10: SR8tAcEto5 (1500 in chips)
RaminWho: posts small blind 10
CHIP BUYER: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SR8tAcEto5 [Qd Qc]
diesel_benz: folds
jamslam77: folds
BLChief: folds
SR8tAcEto5: raises 60 to 80
RiverRat247: folds
lobo61: folds
RaminWho: raises 1400 to 1480 and is all-in
CHIP BUYER: folds
SR8tAcEto5: calls 1400
*** FLOP *** [2d 8s Jc]
*** TURN *** [2d 8s Jc] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8s Jc Ah] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RaminWho: shows [As Ks] (a pair of Aces)
SR8tAcEto5: shows [Qd Qc] (a pair of Queens)
RaminWho collected 2980 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2980 | Rake 0
Board [2d 8s Jc Ah 7h]
Seat 1: RiverRat247 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: lobo61 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: RaminWho (small blind) showed [As Ks] and won (2980) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: CHIP BUYER (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: diesel_benz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: jamslam77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: BLChief folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: SR8tAcEto5 showed [Qd Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens

LESSON-TOO EARLY TO DIE WITH QQ!

PLAN OF ATTACK-Tommorow i will play a sng and for every 1st i will play a SAT!