Bad bubble play?

[kdotsky]

$50+5

I'm having trouble figuring out when I should be getting involved when there's a shorter stack on the bubble. Take a look at this hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t6100)
UTG (t1170)
Hero (t2040)
SB (t4190)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, SB calls t250, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t700) 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100.

Turn: (t900) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t900</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1640</font>, SB calls t740.

River: (t4180) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t4180

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Jc Ah (one pair, jacks).
SB has As Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: SB wins t4180. </font>

[willie24]

no this isn't a bad play. folding or limping would be wrong.

questions you might consider: is it better to raise to 300 or push preflop?

is it better to call the $100 flop bet or raise to something like $300-600?

I'm not saying that you were wrong on either question, just things to think about. depending on the game, you may have played perfectly. of course folding AJ preflop here would be horrendous.