Hand #1
Like WW said, while you may be behind, you are the favorite to win. Pot is a decent size at 1k, so I would be happy taking it down right here. I probably push right away for maximum fold equity in case he's on the nut flush draw. Ax and Kx of spades are the only hands I'm worried about.

Hand #1: On the flop, you have a lot of options here . . . this one depends entirely on our read of MP and the BB (but mostly MP).

Is that 2x bb raise a big pp? If we think it is, then we literally have no folding equity (nobody is going to lay down JJ+ on this board).

Is that a raise by an ace (A7+)? If so, we're about a 3:2 favorite here.

I think with this board, it's likely we'll face a continuation bet.

The question we have to answer is: Do we want to put our whole tournament on the line with this draw? If they have an overpair, we're just about a coinflip here . . . .

All in all, given our M (12) and the presence of a huge stack at the table (button with nearly 21k), I'm check raising this all in and praying for a call to double up.

Hand 2: King high is a favorite vs a random hand. I'd raise here just about every time. I want to get my opponent to define his hand, and I'd really just like to take this pot down and not play out of position. I'd rather fold than call with this hand.

On the flop, if he wants to play chicken by raising when we're a huge favorite, let's reraise enough to put him all in (I don't like jumping all in, I really want a call - I think I'm ahead here with my king-high, and even if I'm not, I'm a favorite with all my draws).

I don't like the flat call, because now we have to win the hand, and we're very unlikely to get paid off if any of our cards hit (except the inside straight draw). And a K hits on the turn, we jump all in . . . . blech.

If we're going to bet, let's make a value bet he can call here . . . . we're clearly winning this hand (I'm putting him on a 6 with a bad kicker). I'd prefer to check like we're scared of the king and see if he wants to try and take the pot down by going all in.

Originally Posted by Beavis68

Blind vs blind it is really hard to tell where you are in the hand on the flop. but you probably have between 12 and 15 outs. but you could only have 9. the case for pushing isn't as clear here.

How could we only have 9 outs? Unless we're facing 45 (nut straight), we've got at least 12 outs (flush + inside straight draw).

And we could also have the best hand right now (tough to know since it's blind vs. blind and we didn't raise) . . . . . . the raise could easily be a bluff.

Originally Posted by Beavis68

OOP vs a short stacked opponent I am not sure that stealing with K4s is the best option. If he calls the pot is going to be pretty big and you will probably be committed to the hand. K4s isn't that big of a favorite PF vs a random hand.

With 2nd big stack vs 3rd lowest stack a blind steal here is certainly a good bet with K-4s - IMO. It give the hero another way to win the hand as well as keeping on the pressure to a lower stack. With blinds at 400, a 2xBB raise would likely be enough to get a fold but not so expensive if it's called and with pretty good cards vs a random hand. With only 800 invested out of 9090 stack I don't see how you feel he would be pot committed! Even with a 3xBB of 1200 doesn't make me feel pot committed - I can still walk away from a re-raise and still have a decent stack to work with. I would be thinking the BB has more worries than I do and has more reason to fold a random hand once I have put on the pressure. If he calls, well, that's the gambling part of the game isn't it?