What to w/my TT overpair in an 8-way unraised pot?
 

Very early in a microlimit NL tourney. I have 1460 chips. Five limpers to me on the button and I decide to limp along with TT. Small blind completes, big blind checks.

We see a flop of 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8 handed. Small blind bets 30, and everyone calls. There is 340 in the pot when it gets to me.

What should I do here?

What I actually do is attempt to define my hand by raising it up to 325. The small blind raises it to 625, and everyone else folds. The maxim "don't go broke in an unraised pot" is ringing in my ears, and I'm completely at sea.

I've got about 1045 chips left. SB has me covered. I realize that the math here revolves around my putting the 1045 in, and I think I'm getting about 2:1 on my stack. I'm pretty sure I'm behind but he could, of course, have any number of draws or any 2 cards.

Re: What to w/my TT overpair in an 8-way unraised pot?
 

You're on the button, and you didn't raise this preflop?
Yikes.

Re: What to w/my TT overpair in an 8-way unraised pot?
 

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You're on the button, and you didn't raise this preflop?
Yikes.

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I completely agree, but now I'm here.

Re: What to w/my TT overpair in an 8-way unraised pot?
 

I think you're in a world of pain here.

Not raising PF opened the door for any number of bad hands that liked this flop.

Your pot sized bet is saying "I really liked this flop!" where a 100 to 150 bet would ask, "How am I doing here?"

The good news is that a limper coming over the top of you on a ragged flop like this when you clearly showed that you liked it tells me it's time to drop it.

Re: What to w/my TT overpair in an 8-way unraised pot?
 

At worst he has to have two pair, out of that big blind special. You could be drawing practically dead against a flopped straight.

Cut your losses and your mistake from not raising on the button with the two tens and fold. Find a better spot.