Please - what do you think?

Here's a hand i played ...curious to see what you all think (First post):

***** Hand History for Game 4957628573 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:27431740 Level:2 Blinds(30/60) - Tuesday, August 15, 22:16:06 ET 2006
Table 5 - Table(804371) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: TrippAcez ( 1820 )
Seat 2: lichenxp ( 5580 )
Seat 3: FallisRuss ( 2120 )
Seat 4: andmunn ( 2000 )
Seat 7: ssgcraft ( 1480 )
Seat 8: kenpb ( 2410 )
Seat 9: stevenjwhite ( 1740 )
Seat 6: bearz420 ( 4780 )
Seat 5: horsnfors ( 2150 )
Trny:27431740 Level:2
Blinds(30/60)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to andmunn [ 7h Ah ]
stevenjwhite folds.
TrippAcez calls [60].
lichenxp calls [60].
FallisRuss calls [60].
andmunn calls [60].
horsnfors raises [120].
bearz420 folds.
ssgcraft folds.
kenpb folds.
TrippAcez calls [60].
lichenxp calls [60].
FallisRuss calls [60].
andmunn calls [60].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, As, Tc ]
TrippAcez checks.
lichenxp checks.
FallisRuss checks.
andmunn checks.
horsnfors bets [185].
TrippAcez folds.
lichenxp folds.
FallisRuss folds.
andmunn raises [800].
horsnfors calls [615].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
andmunn is all-In [1080]
horsnfors folds.
andmunn does not show cards.
andmunn wins 3370 chips

Wrong forum.

Much much too early to go allin with AX on such a scary board. I fold preflop, but if I somehow manage to find myself in this hand postflop I check/fold without thinking much about it.

fold preflop

fold preflop
don't push all in, only a better hand is calling

at only the 2nd level of a tournament, don't be willing to risk your whole stack with A7h... you'll be out more often than not. Play the beggining of tournaments as if you are just trying to stay alive, because it's a game of survival! This means to play really really tight, only enter a pot if in the blinds or you are raising or are limping multi way pots in LP.

SURVIVAL!!!!!

When I find myself in your situation, and it's early in a tournament, and I have decided (against reason) to play Axs, I try to remind myself I am playing ONLY for a flush. No chance of a flush after the flop, I'm done and figure I had just used one of my "3-4 chance hands" while still in the lower blinds.

I agree to fold pre-flop, but if you are playing for a chance at a cheap flush then you definately let it go on the flop.

you guys don't like to see a cheap flop for a flush? This could be one of my leaks here? why not? Do you ever play Axs?

Originally Posted by mrhappy333

you guys don't like to see a cheap flop for a flush? This could be one of my leaks here? why not? Do you ever play Axs?

Yeah I do it ... i.e. play Axs ... but I tend to "budget" my flier calls early on in a tournament. And I only do it if there are multiple limpers ahead and I am in late MP or better. Once the flop comes, no flush oppty, then fold.

I'll play that hand in LP with 3 or more callers, reason being it doesn't hold up to a raise behind you, which is what happened. You ended up taking it down, but that doesn't make it a correct this early in the game IMO. At least you won the pot though, that was cool.

u only won it I think by skaring others away. I am sure you did not have the best hand