$6.25 NLHE HU Tourney Turbo: All-in semi-bluffs too risky?

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$6.25 NL HE HU Tourney Turbo: All-in semi-bluffs too risky?

poker stars $6.00+$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players

BB: t1000 50 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t2000 100 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with 6:heart: A:heart:
Hero raises to t60, BB raises to t100, Hero calls t40

Flop: (t200) Q:heart: 2:heart: 4:spade: (2 players)
BB bets t110, Hero raises to t1900 all in, BB folds

With the exception of one hand where I brought him down to 1200, I had managed to basically bluff his stack down to 1000 through consistent aggressive raising pre and c-bets. This was the first hand that he showed any resistance preflop to my 3x raises. Because of this it's reasonably likely he had a strong hand, but it's also likely he was simply fed up with me.

So, are these all-in semi-bluffs +EV? They do have the added advantage of making the opponent scared to bluff at me


t15/t30 Blinds

BTN/SB: t510 17 BBs
Hero (BB): t2490 83 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with A:heart: 5:heart:
BTN/SB raises to t90, Hero raises to t2490 all in, 1 fold

At this point he stopped limping the button, it was either a raise or fold. The raise was followed by a c-bet. He probably played 4/5 of hands. Was this resteal too big? What's better to resteal with: Ax, suited connector or 2 broadways
 
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1st one looks good to me.

2nd one, we're not really gaining much by shoving. We only get called by worse hands for the most part, he's short, but i'd rather just call and pressure him to fold postflop, instead of letting him play perfectly against us (well, as perfectly as he is capable of).
 
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WiZZiM said:
2nd one, we're not really gaining much by shoving. We only get called by worse hands for the most part, he's short, but i'd rather just call and pressure him to fold postflop, instead of letting him play perfectly against us (well, as perfectly as he is capable of).
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That it just going to get us into trouble though really. If I don't hit I'm going to have to fold, probably the best hand. If I hit a 5 I'm going to have to stack of with; probably go reasonably aggressive with it otf so that he doesn't draw.

I could try playing back at with reraising with air or leading out but that feels extremely gross, since I'd probably commit myself either way.

What would your general plan be by calling?
 
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