I was in a small 55 person tournament which usually lasts 3.5-4 hours until it is done. We start with 2000 in chips. I was over 1 hour in, blinds were 75/150, I was sitting with approx 3000 in chips which is ok at that point of the tourney. I was dealt pocket 10's and was second to act out of a total of 8 players. I called the blind, then 4 others called as well leaving 5 in the pot. Flop was 7,2,6 (rainbow) so flushes not likely. 1 guy checks in front of me (so i assumed the flop did not help him). Because thepot was a decent size already, over 1000, i went all in assuming i probably had the best hand at that point. The next guy called, then the other 3 folded. The other guy had pocket 2's and went on to win the pot with trip 2's.
Was it a bad move to go all in after that flop? What would you have done?

Move to strat section pls

Don't assume first to act is weak with a check. You pushed all in with no real information with 4 people behind you and a 2x pot sized bet wasn't really necessary.

lol, nm you caught it

Originally Posted by btd

I was in a small 55 person tournament which usually lasts 3.5-4 hours until it is done. We start with 2000 in chips. I was over 1 hour in, blinds were 75/150, I was sitting with approx 3000 in chips which is ok at that point of the tourney. I was dealt pocket 10's and was second to act out of a total of 8 players. I called the blind, then 4 others called as well leaving 5 in the pot. Flop was 7,2,6 (rainbow) so flushes not likely. 1 guy checks in front of me (so i assumed the flop did not help him). Because thepot was a decent size already, over 1000, i went all in assuming i probably had the best hand at that point. The next guy called, then the other 3 folded. The other guy had pocket 2's and went on to win the pot with trip 2's.
Was it a bad move to go all in after that flop? What would you have done?

You pushed 19BBs into a 5BB pot? That was bad.

I don't like the limp, make a standard raise.

What do you do with your tens is someone behind you raised PF? You let the big blind in for free, and the small blind in cheap. Someone could have had 76s, 72 or 62.

If you had raised PF say 3x- you get called - 7.5bb in the pot.

Flop comes 762, you bet out 4-5BB, you have invested 7-8 total still have 12-13 left.

Now if someone comes over the top of you you can decide to get away from it or not. And at least you got some value out of your hand PF and reduced your opponents implied odds.

I knew immediatley after i lost i made a mistake by going all in. I have been very successful making the final table the previous 4 tournaments so i know what i am doing. I think because i had played so few hands that i tried to capitalize on 1 hand and got caught.
Right after i was beat i knew i should have bet 300-500 to kick out the remaining players would did not pair up (likely at least 3 of them had high cards with no pairs). That way the people in are not chasing a hand and depending on the other bets and turn/river cards would have made me realize that the pockets 2's tripped up allowing me to bow out but not lose all my chips.

What were you trying to capitalize on? You think you had fold equity from any hands that had you beaten?

I don't think so.