as it is still so early and we have tons of bb's , couldnt we re-raise the flop here without jamming? with a view to slowing down if we get called or folding if we get shoved on? , we would still have plenty of chips left..

I feel that Im only worried about a set here, if I Jam , sets are going to call me (and maybe suitcases) and I could lose out on value from other hands that fold.

another reason for my thinking is that we all know that early on you see some pretty daft hands go to showdown

Im still learning…so forgive me if this thought process is flawed…

I did tank for a minute or so, to evaluate the situation and eventually folded.

My reasoning is a follows. (Agreed with much of what was said by other posters)

I was pretty sure i was ahead of amba09. I put him on JJ or QQ. I don’t think he had KK as
he would’ve 4 bet pre as fullachitous had already called his open.

Once fullachitous flatted the flop bets, that’s when I got scared. As “High Stakes Shark”
mentioned, fullachitous flatting screams a set, had to go with my read from this line of action.

I didn’t think raising was an option. amba09 showed that he was committed to this pot
with his JJ or QQ and I am pretty sure a jam was coming had I raised.

The final nail that swayed my decision was that I did not have the Ace  of spades. Had I had that Ace, I think I

would’ve called and if a spade hit the turn, then maybe checks all round would occur knowing neither of them

are drawing to the nut flush, and hopefully getting a free river and maybe a showdown.

See below for the outcome. Unfortunately it was an incorrect fold but the result ended up being good for me.

Obviously felt good that I had survived but was a little gutted that my read was wrong. Well half wrong.

My read on amba09 was correct but not on fullachitous.

Lucky for me fullachitous was in the pot or I would've been stacked by amba09. Sometimes donkeys and retards can save your tournament life.

I was way ahead pre-flop, after the flop, way behind after turn and dead after river. I would’ve lost to both hands. Sick sick sick.

hawkeyeK9 comment of retards early in the tournament was pretty spot on. Wait to you see what fullachitous had.

Poker Stars $30+$3 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t10/t20 Blinds – 8 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

DeaDHanD_x (BB): t468 23.40 BBs
Kaija7 (UTG): t8994 449.70 BBs
kaese85 (UTG+1): t4662 233.10 BBs
think king (MP1): t4505 225.25 BBs
amba09 (MP2): t4920 246 BBs
888ash888 (CO): t5070 253.50 BBs
fullachitous (BTN): t5934 296.70 BBs
Hero (SB): t6035 301.75 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is SB with A A
3 folds, amba09 raises to t80, 1 fold, fullachitous calls t80, Hero raises to t320, 1 fold, amba09 calls t240, fullachitous calls t240

Flop: (t980) 5 4 9 (3 players)
Hero bets t500, amba09 raises to t1000, fullachitous calls t1000, Hero folds

Turn: (t3480) 7 (2 players)
amba09 bets t1740, fullachitous calls t1740

River: (t6960) 3 (2 players)
amba09 bets t1860 all in, fullachitous calls t1860

amba09: shows [Q Q] (a flush, Queen high)
fullachitous: shows [7 4] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)

amba09 collected 10680 from pot