Bigger pre flop raise here?

[Ugly Ed]

I went 2x bb (they were pretty high). Reason for only 2x was I was in an early position, and had read on the Pros Tips. In early position make a smaller raise cause there maybe re raisers. If the re raise is real big. You can drop the hand easier, without losing much. Was it my small raise that is most likely the reason I lost? Or did I make my mistake in other places, or was there nothing I could have done differently? I see now after the fact that i could have went 4x bb with only 1 caller, but I didnt know that at the time. Then mb the caller would have folded. Or he could have called anyway thinking his A-rag was good. I know I wouldnt call a 400$ raise with A- rag out of position. He didnt re raise preflop like AQ or AK prob would have. He just called the flop bet, so I didnt think he had a set. Thats why the all in bet on the Turn. Let me know what you think.

Game #1117101464 - Tournament Monkey $8k - 200/400 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/27-10:40:50.4 (CST)
Table "Monkey $8k 20" (MTT) -- Seat 9 is the button
Seat 1: youbetiwin (13,930 in chips)
Seat 2: Ugly Ed (7,050 in chips)
Seat 3: Dubellow (13,167 in chips)
Seat 4: rstack (34,205 in chips)
Seat 5: galaxie67 (22,804 in chips)
Seat 6: TARAVO (3,795 in chips)
Seat 7: excitexx (1,373 in chips)
Seat 8: morrow2night (20,685 in chips)
Seat 9: EasyZmoney (28,690 in chips)
Seat 10: jaystars (8,585 in chips)
Ugly Ed : Ante (25)
Dubellow: Ante (25)
rstack : Ante (25)
galaxie67: Ante (25)
TARAVO : Ante (25)
excitexx: Ante (25)
morrow2night: Ante (25)
EasyZmoney: Ante (25)
jaystars: Ante (25)
youbetiwin: Ante (25)
jaystars: Post Small Blind (200)
youbetiwin: Post Big Blind (400)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Jc ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ Ah ]
Ugly Ed : Raise (800)
Dubellow: Fold
rstack : Fold
galaxie67: Fold
TARAVO : Fold
excitexx: Fold
morrow2night: Fold
EasyZmoney: Fold
jaystars: Fold
youbetiwin: Call (400)
*** FLOP *** : [ 3h 4d 5h ]
youbetiwin: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (2,000)
youbetiwin: Call (2,000)
*** TURN *** : [ 3h 4d 5h ] [ As ]
youbetiwin: Check
Ugly Ed : Bet (4,225)
youbetiwin: Call (4,225)
*** RIVER *** : [ 3h 4d 5h As ] [ Ac ]
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: 14,500 | Board: [ 3h 4d 5h As Ac ]
youbetiwin bet 7,050, collected 14,500, net +7,450 (showed hand) [ Ad 5c ] (a full house, aces full of fives)
Ugly Ed lost 7,050 (showed hand) [ Jc Ah ] (three of a kind, aces)
Dubellow lost 25 (folded)

[gabe]

when you have les than 10bb and you have a pretty good hand UTG, i just go allin.

when you have les than 10bb and you have a pretty good hand UTG, i just go allin.

Ed has 17.5 BB in this instance, though.

I'd go with a raise to 2.5xBB, which is generally my standard for this stage in a tourney and that stack. I raise 2.5xBB because you save chips for the times you have to fold to a big reraise, and it really does have the same impact as a 3xBB raise.

[bearcats05]

a set wouldnt always reraise on the flop either.

[chardrian]

The reason I don't like minraises is exactly because of hands like this. You are giving him (as the BB) 4 to 1 odds. So he should be calling with any two cards - especially given your stacks.

If I was youbet I woulda just pushed you all-in on that flop, but other than that the hand just played itself out.

[gabe]

when you have les than 10bb and you have a pretty good hand UTG, i just go allin.

Ed has 17.5 BB in this instance, though.

I'd go with a raise to 2.5xBB, which is generally my standard for this stage in a tourney and that stack. I raise 2.5xBB because you save chips for the times you have to fold to a big reraise, and it really does have the same impact as a 3xBB raise.

oops