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You were gunning before the first king was in sight, he probably took a chance putting you on something already made that he felt he could beat. But from a chip stack perspective, I don't think you were aware of your situation with your betting.
So a pocket pair, you're in what I call balls out short stack mode yet, but you're on your way. Preflop you want to either buy this pot right here, or get only one caller. So you put out 16% of your stack with a raise to $150 and get your caller. Sweet.
Flop. Villian bets 50 and you raise to 250. I'm going to read this as an attempt to push him out of the pot. Villian calls. Okay, you've committed now 42% of your chips to this pot. He calls. Damn, this sucks. 42% is close enough to 50% in my book, personally, I'm going to just push on this flop and get him all in. He only has 1390 chips going into this hand, and chances are, he isn't willing to risk 67% of his stack on pocket 8s. Good players don't call all-in's with just an overpair (unless they know they're playing a shitty player).
This is where you made another big mistake. Turn comes and you bet 350 in chips leaving you with 185. You either have to move all in here or take the check. 535 looks a lot scarier than 350 to your opponent. To him, if he thinks you hit the king, he is done there. And if he doesn't, unless an ace hits, he could probably care less and still is going to goto war with you.
Hopefully this makes sense. Being aware of your chip stack in tournament play is incredibly important. Once you think out your moves and realize how much of your stack you're risking with marginal hands, I beleive you will become a better player.
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How would you have played it?
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