I've been playing for about 4 years now and for the first 3 years I would have done that. Now however, without knowing your MU or other facts I say it was the wrong move. If your think trips then a paired card ends your tourny, if your thinking 2 pair, then it's a race. My thing is, you want to play poker... not race(gamble). When I come to those decisions now I think to myself, well I am a good player, why not just wait and win chips with little risk. The main difference between amatuer and successfull poker players is patience. We have all heard that a million times, however, a hand like this is the definition of patience. To me it is almost like going "All-In" pre-flop to race, you really dont need to do it and it should probably be one of your last choices. If you want to be successfull it is my opinion that limiting your races is how it is done. In short, i've been more successfull in the last year then the previous three, and playing "poker" to me seems to be the more successfull route to go---rather then the latter "Gambling"  |