hand from neg-o last night - comments please

[gobears 0]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converterButton (t2495)SB (t4340)Hero (t2370)UTG (t1505)UTG+1 (t1250)MP1 (t1330)MP2 (t1585)CO (t1380)Preflop: Hero is BB with [Ah], [Jh]. 5 folds, Button calls t400.Flop: (t1225) [4s], [Ad], [8h] (2 players)Hero bets t750, Hero calls t1020 (All-In).Turn: (t4890) [4h] (2 players, 1 all-in)River: (t4890) [6s] (2 players, 1 all-in)Final Pot: t4890Button is tricky, aggressive player - I put him on a steal at first but when he called my raise pre-flop, I figured that he had a hand.Post-flop; I considered pushing and checking as well. Checking seemed too weak as I'm just inviting a push from opponent. I think that I should have pushed since I was pot-committing myself with the bet in any case.After opponent came back over the top; AK and AQ were definitely holdings that I put him on. I was getting 3.8 to 1 on the call though and hoped that he had a PP.

[Scottp4175 0]

I like the preflop reraise against the aggressive player who's position dictates a steal. However, after he calls the raise you have pretty much committed yourself to the hand if an Ace flops or if it comes Jack high. I don't think pushing is a better option post-flop as you're probably only getting called if you're beat. By betting what you did he could be pushing with AJ, AT, A9, or possibily A7. Overall I think you played the hand fine, it was a tough situation, and thats poker. This is my personal opinion as I'm definitely not an expert and I would also like to here what others have to say.

[zimmer4141 0]

Yeah, I don't think you could play this any different. He could easily figure you for a resteal from the beginning, and think his weak ace is good. I think AK or AQ on the button would've come over the top preflop. If he has you beat, then he has you beat. I still think you have the best hand at this point.

[Scottp4175 0]

So what did he end up having GoBears? And why are you, me and Zimmer the only ones contributing to the tournament section today.

[gobears 0]

So what did he end up having GoBears? And why are you, me and Zimmer the only ones contributing to the tournament section today.

He had AQ - the heart on the turn gave me more outs but the river was a brick. Of course when I go out on a hand like that, it leads to self questioning about my thought process.I notice that Wallacer, new contributor, is also posting which is great.Most people here post in Strategy; the mods are moving all the MTT stuff down to this section but doesn't seem like too many folks read down here.Hopefully we'll get more as I play about 90% MTTs

[Scottp4175 0]

Yeah I noticed Wallacer was contributing also, I'm sure once people get used to the tournament strategy hands being moved down here we will start seeing more posts and responses. I play about 70% Sit & Go's, 25% MTT's and 5% cash games, so I will be posting hands here more frequently, I imagine sit & go hands should go here also. And on your hand, I tend to always 2nd guess myself when I lose a hand and don't think about it when I win a hand, but I'm starting to realize that its the play/situation that matters, not the result, since obviously good plays occasionaly lose hands, and bad plays occasionaly win.