Early tourney hand, scary board

[PJ of TheGame]

NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (real money), #1,521,630,456
5+0.5 NL Holdem Multi Table Tournament, 27 Nov 2005 3:48 PM ET
Seat 1: blueberrynug ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 2: jrabbott ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 3: Stumble4 ($1,240 in chips)
Seat 4: Zodiacoblu ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 5: Ocean_Nomad ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 6: Mike188 ($1,820 in chips)
Seat 7: eksem ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 8: trainmaker ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 9: PJofTheGame ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 10: brian r ($1,500 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Ocean_Nomad posts blind ($10), Mike188 posts blind ($20).

PRE-FLOP
eksem folds, trainmaker calls $20, PJofTheGame bets $70, brian r folds, blueberrynug folds, jrabbott folds, Stumble4 calls $70, Zodiacoblu folds, Ocean_Nomad calls $60, Mike188 folds, trainmaker calls $50.

FLOP [board cards 3D,JD,10D ]
Ocean_Nomad checks, trainmaker bets $100, PJofTheGame bets $400, Stumble4 calls $400, Ocean_Nomad folds, trainmaker folds.

TURN [board cards 3D,JD,10D,JC ]
PJofTheGame bets $400, Stumble4 bets $770 and is all-in, PJofTheGame calls $370.

RIVER [board cards 3D,JD,10D,JC,10H ]


SHOWDOWN
Stumble4 shows [ 8D,8H ]
PJofTheGame shows [ JavaScript,AS ]
PJofTheGame wins $2,740.
SUMMARY
Dealer: Zodiacoblu
Pot: $2,740
blueberrynug, loses $0
jrabbott, loses $0
Stumble4, loses $1,240
Zodiacoblu, loses $0
Ocean_Nomad, loses $70
Mike188, loses $20
eksem, loses $0
trainmaker, loses $170
PJofTheGame, bets $1,240, collects $2,740, net $1,500
brian r, loses $0

[Marm]

Well, technically your turn bet was too small, but it pot committed everybody, so its moot, and you PF raise I would go one more BB personally, but other than being picky, I would have played it very similar....

[David77]

For some reason, flushes always find themselves up against full houses.

[Mint]

Looks ok. :good:

[__helpless]

yeah i think you couldn't of played that better to be fair.
dunno how the other guy could go all-in knowing you'd call with a low flush draw and low pair though. what if you had a higher flush draw? psh. some pushers..

[Jason75]

I think you need to find a way to get away from top pair early on in tournaments. I make so much by busting people early on who can't get away from top pair.

I would likely have folded this to the first bet. It's too early to be making difficult decisions for a lot of chips (relative to my stack size).

This one worked out for you, but if that last card comes a diamond, you're asking yourself why didn't you let yourself get away from it. The risk vs. reward ratio here is way too high.

[Beavis68]

Weak-tight Jason.

I am not sure how I feel about raising a limper from such an early position with AJs though.

Also, you should reconsider playing in tourneys with a 20% vigorish. That is really a big hit to your ROI.

Open an accouint on PS or UB if you want to play some MTTs.

[PJ of TheGame]

Odd... the tourney was 5+.50, not 5+1.

[Marm]

most places prefer a 10% vig, not 20%, but it is site to site

[PJ of TheGame]

I got ya Marm... but the hand history is wrong... it WAS 10%. It actually says that on the next line. No clue why it's like that.