I've been playing in tournaments for a couple months now, and have recently started playing well (i.e. placing in the money). I tried a more expensive buy-in tourney than I had been playing, and am wondering if I played this right and got unlucky... I had pocket A's in second position early in the tournament. Blinds at 25/50 and I have about $1000 in chips (we all started with $1500). I raise to $200, and everyone folds except BB who has about $2000, so I have the cards and position. Flop is K-10-7 rainbow. BB checks to me and I go all-in on my read that he paired up with the K. He calls and turns over K-10 offsuit. The board does not pair up or show an ace, and I'm out. The pot had about $600 before the flop, so I thought at that time is was worth going for. I was correct on my read that he only had a single king, but was unlucky that his kicker paired up. Since I'm here to learn, I'm willing to take suggestions on how else I could have played it. I personally cannot see, with the exception of maybe going all-in preflop and risk not winning anything.
I think your opponent made a very bad call and he got very lucky to catch 2 pair. However, any flop with 2 broadway cards in it deserves a bit of respect if you only have an overpair. I'm not saying to be scared of it, but it is a flop with a lot of potential good draws or even 2 pairs, as you fell victim to. I think I would have pushed in on the flop also to get out the draws, if it's any consolation. Your opponent trapped you nicely. One other thing, you said you put him on a king, so what kicker did you expect?
Live and learn, so get 'em next time!
