[Tom Bayes]

Thanks for the input. This is pretty much what I thought after it was over and I should not have gone broke on that hand. I tend to hate straight draws in pot-limit and avoid them unless they are free or very cheap. My hand was a textbook case of the inherent weakness of straight draws-you are dead if someone hits a better draw and you aren't good enough to get away from your hand.

Flush draws (particularly to the ace-high flush) are much more attractive. I occasionally like to open-raise pre-draw with a strong flush draw in good position against tight players in the blinds. I try to raise just like I would if I had any hand good enough to open with-a big pair or two pair or trips. You have multiple ways to win: you can steal the blinds (which can be significant in the latter stages of a tourney), you can bluff post-draw (very opponent-dependent), you can pair up the ace (or another big card) and sometimes that's enough, or you can actually make the flush.