I know I won but did I make the right call

[Toad13]

#Game No : 3011401031
***** Hand History for Game 3011401031 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:17283791 Level:2 Blinds (10/20) - Wednesday, November 09, 23:11:31 EDT 2005
Table 3 - Table(511391) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: h4a2z0e ( $805 )
Seat 2: jpordy13 ( $880 )
Seat 3: shemmp ( $2240 )
Seat 4: toadlick ( $1760 )
Seat 6: onthesly333 ( $825 )
Seat 8: HomegrownBob ( $870 )
Seat 9: MR2_Ducks ( $870 )
Seat 10: cjsbig10 ( $1680 )
Trny:17283791 Level:2
Blinds (10/20)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to toadlick [ Kh 5h ]
jpordy13 raises [40].
toadlick calls [40].
MR2_Ducks calls [20].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 8h, Kd ]
MR2_Ducks checks.
jpordy13 checks.
toadlick bets [100].
jpordy13 raises [200].
toadlick raises [200].
jpordy13 is all-In [640]
toadlick calls [540].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
toadlick shows [ Kh, 5h ] a flush, ace high.
jpordy13 shows [ As, Ad ] three of a kind, aces.

[WildBobAA]

Your all in was fine, just fold that hand preflop next time.

[Toad13]

Your all in was fine, just fold that hand preflop next time.

Why fold the it was only raised to 40 not much hit to my stack. I was next to button knew the others would only call not raise. The reason I asked was I am not that big on counting outs and pot odds stuff.

[gabe]

the stacks are small. the blinds go up fast. play tight/aggressive.

[TLR]

You fold preflop because in the long run you will lose more then you win with this hand.
You are hoping for a flop that will give you two pair at least, and those rarely come around

[Scuba Chuck]

You fold preflop because in the long run you will lose more then you win with this hand.
You are hoping for a flop that will give you two pair at least, and those rarely come around

I have been doing a lot of thinking about this type of playing over the past 30 days. Considering our hero's position, and how close he is to closing the action, and his cards, I think his call is okay based on the following assumptions:

1) He does not move forward with the hand postflop unless he hits the flop hard (meaning you have pot equity of at least 45%)

2) If he plays the draw, he only plays the draw with odds for one card to come.

My point is, I think there is merit to limping here. I'm breaking the rules. There is more merit to limping here on pokerstars, then there is on party poker. But yes, our hero needs to consider the fact that limping here is likely a 40 chip loss 95% of the time.