Regina Tourney- I couldn't fold Aces

Hey Dave - et all. Just got knocked out of the tourney in Limit Hold em Tourney in Regina. Here is the situation how I got knocked out. My question will come at the end.

63 people left(top 25 in the $) Blinds are $500/$1000. I have $14,500 in chips avg. stack is around $17000. Player in seat 3 raises to $2,000 - I am in seat 5. I am dealt AA. We cap betting on first round for 4,000 each. flop comes 7-4-2 rainbow. He raises 1,000 and we cap the betting again @ 4,000. Turn comes J, He bets - I raise and he raises again. I am now left with $2,500 and have invested my whole stack. I am not sure why but it hits me like a sledgehammer that he now has trips. I think for quite a while call him on his trips and call throw my last $2,500 in the pot - he flops over a pair of 7's for trips - river does not help and I am out.

Questions - Should I have recognized his trips sooner and folded my aces?

On a side note - I learned a lot about my play in Limit hold em today and as always was a great experience.

Comments

  • Hey Goms,

    Dave might have some more insight here, but I'd go broke on this hand. I don't see how you can get away from it. With the preflop action, I'd be putting him on QQ or KK, not 77. MAYBE JJ, so I'd hate that J on the turn, but at that point it's 'in for a penny, in for a pound'.
  • Thanks Aces - Pre flop that is exactly what I was thinking. Post flop after his raise/reraise I had him on kings - maybe queens - or who knows maybe even aces.

    Hopefully I have better luck today!
  • I don't think you can fold, but you could have slowed down and tried to save some chips. The Hurricane from Team Canuck (we are in our room at the Delta) comments:

    Weigh the utility of going broke against the utility of doubling through.
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    Weigh the utility of going broke against the utility of doubling through.[/QUOTE"]

    Very good thought! I wish I would of had that saying last night. After seeing my cards all I could think about was doubling through and therfore getting dam close to in the $.

    In hindsight I think I lost a little bit of control and got way to excited about seeing Aces. that is what pisses me off cause I felt that until that point I played quite solid!

    Thanks for the insight.

    Goms
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