any thoughts on this hand?

[jdubs]

about 40 min into a MTT, medium to small stack...

Seat 1: motostar508 ($2,774 in chips)
Seat 2: thing13 ($4,635 in chips)
Seat 3: ken891 ($2,340 in chips)
Seat 4: ginger xxx ($3,320 in chips)
Seat 5: summerset ($1,040 in chips)
Seat 6: madman8611 ($4,778 in chips)
Seat 7: shorty1122 ($2,480 in chips)
Seat 9: jdubster [JS,AC] ($1,495 in chips)
Seat 10: funtoon ($1,790 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
jdubster posts blind ($100).

PRE-FLOP
funtoon folds, motostar508 calls $100, thing13 folds, ken891 calls $100, ginger xxx folds, summerset folds, madman8611 calls $100, shorty1122 folds, jdubster bets $400, motostar508 folds, ken891 folds, madman8611 calls $400.

FLOP [board cards 10S,JD,5C ]
jdubster bets $400, madman8611 calls $400.

TURN [board cards 10S,JD,5C,3H ]
jdubster bets $595 and is all-in, madman8611 folds.

SHOWDOWN
jdubster wins $2,595



SUMMARY
Dealer: shorty1122
Pot: $2,595
motostar508, loses $100
thing13, loses $0
ken891, loses $100
ginger xxx, loses $0
summerset, loses $0
madman8611, loses $900
shorty1122, loses $0
jdubster, bets $1,495, collects $2,595, net $1,100
funtoon, loses $0

[TylerK]

Looks standard. I might push the flop...the pot is big enough and your stack small enough that I'd just as soon not see a turn card.

[mcpeepants]

I agree, that is a weak bet on the flop, the pot is big enough that you don't mind taking it down right there.

[jdubs]

thanks guys! I went on to finish 6th ..best ever finish for me

[Chicago_Kid]

Congrats...on the solid finish!

Initially, I would have said a bet of just over half the pot. But, the problem with a bet of half the pot is that I think that's over half you chips, and you forfeit all your leverage for the turn and river. Then, if he does have KQ, he would most definitely call your turn AI just for kicks.

So, I probably would have gone all-in on the flop against the big stack.

[jdubs]

thanks, yeah that makes sense, I have a hard time going AI with TPTK for some reason sometimes, but I figure if he had over pocket pair, he would have bet bigger pre flop... then theres always 2p or trips to consider.. hard to put all my chips at risk with this hand somehow, afraid of ppl slowplaying big hands and getting burned..but anyways....in this case it worked out..thanks for the feedback man