[Fmonti]

I think your preflop raise was ok but I think after the flop I would have made a small bet of say $1000. If I get raised I'm out of there. The problem with small and middle pairs is you don't know where you stand if 1 or 2 overcards come out on the flop. In this case there were no overcards but 3 clubs was just as scary, after all the guy you are heads up with has 51K in chips and can afford to call you with a big club. At that point you would still have had over $12000. in chips and conceivably a chance at the final table.