this hand really has me confused

[rybones]

ps 10+1 sng I thought I was playing this hand well and then ...

Any thoughts about the play at any stage would be great

Rybones

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG (t1425)
UTG+1 (t1310)
MP1 (t2230)
MP2 (t1330)
CO (t1285)
Button (t1895)
SB (t2545)
Hero (t1480)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t30, CO folds, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t90) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, MP2 calls t120, SB folds.

Turn: (t360) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t210</font>, MP2 calls t210.

River: (t780) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises to t600</font>, Hero folds.

I fold? I hate folding!!!! but I think I had to didn't I? My guess is villian has A, 7 or 6 Or 8,x? anyone else have thought? Does anyone think I should have push on the flop? part of me says yes, but in a 10+1 I figure any 8 calls and then I loose my entire stack. Maybe that's ok, at least I could say I got my money in with the best of it an lost?

[tigerite]

If you think that the ace didn't improve MP2's hand you should push all-in on the turn. Otherwise check. No point in this pot-sized bet as it tells you nothing when he just calls it. I had a similar situation against just BB with 99 and it came something like 572r, he called my flop bet, Q came on the turn, I pushed, he called with A5.. and didn't improve /images/graemlins/confused.gif