Did I play this right?

[NNH]

Woo hoo. My first post, after lurking for a couple of months now.

Do you guys think I played this right? I had played the SNG pretty solid up to this point, winning a few big hands with top pairs with strong kickers. UTG had been playing fairly loose up to this point. I'd say he was in nearly 90% of the hands. Anyway here it is...


Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (5 handed)

BB (t1580)
UTG (t1965)
MP (t1010)
Hero (t1380)
SB (t2065)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG calls t50, MP folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t100</font>, SB folds, BB calls t50, UTG calls t50.

Flop: (t325) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t125</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t325</font>, BB folds, <font color="CC3333">UTG raises to t1300</font>, Hero calls t955 (All-In).

Turn: (t2905) Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

River: (t2905) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in) </font>

Final Pot: t2905

Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG shows Qd Kc (two pair, kings and queens).
Hero shows Ks Ac (one pair, kings).
Outcome: UTG wins t2905. </font>

[Pitcher]

Hi NNH,

I like it fine except for the initial raise. I would have made it 3x to 4x with that hand to attempt to drive away both blinds.

I might have pushed on the flop, but you certainly gave UTG fair warning that you had a hand with the re-raise. It sounds like you would have lost this hand regardless of what you did, because this player was convinced they had the best of it. Too bad...certainly a bad beat because pre flop you are a 3:1 favorite and a 7:1 favorite at the flop.

Pitcher