How bad is this post-flop play - 97 in SB, hit top pair?

[pokerlaw]

UTG had limped UTG with a Q10 on the first hand and I took 500 from him via a checkraise on a Q 7 5 flop and QK. MP3 had bet the pot when his AK hit a K x x flop, so i didnt think he had much. Thoughts?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO (t620)
Button (t1430)
Hero (t2020)
BB (t1730)
UTG (t1090)
UTG+1 (t1420)
MP1 (t1400)
MP2 (t1390)
MP3 (t2400)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t20, MP2 calls t20, MP3 calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t20, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t140) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 bets t100</font>, Button folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t240</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t1070</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t1550

[pooh74]

yuk...hero mucks...

edit: I didnt see your play when I made this post but now see you folded. smart.

you're getting about 1.8:1 on the call? but 3 out of four times here you are behind...I'd say best case scenario would be that he has a 9 too...except he has the A kicker.

calling 840 into ~1400pot on chance he is on a bluff is too much.

As far as your raise goes, maybe a little too bold here. If he bet less, I dont mind sticking it in there, but with another to act behind you this is just too risky with a such a holding and the draws on board.

[pokerlaw]

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yuk...hero mucks...

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so this is a call right? My thinking in folding is that I could keep a good chip stack and double up when i was a bigger favorite - QQ against JK on a J x x flop about 10 hands later did just fine /images/graemlins/smile.gif

But yeah, this fold was probably too weak-tight.

[pooh74]

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yuk...hero mucks...

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so this is a call right? My thinking in folding is that I could keep a good chip stack and double up when i was a bigger favorite - QQ against JK on a J x x flop about 10 hands later did just fine /images/graemlins/smile.gif

But yeah, this fold was probably too weak-tight.

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no no no...see my edit...

"yuk hero mucks" means thats what i would do if I were you...didnt realize that is, in fact, what you had done.

[pokerlaw]

ahhh, i see. yeah this sucked to fold though - since i felt there was a decent chance the raisor might have just had a flush draw...but i still had to fold it for reasons explained in my last reply.

[Bigwig]

You could make a case for mucking preflop. However, the 1st level of stars is pretty forgiving for SB limps, so I don't have an issue with doing it here. Especially with so many players. However, this flop isn't good for you at all. If you're ahead, and I mean 'if,' it's will often cost you a lot of chips to find out.

I would check/fold this flop. If I decided that I was going to play, I would lead out to gain more information. Check/raising with this hand certainly defined it for you--you're in serious trouble--but leading out might have given you the same info, for less chips.