Early in tourney (SB Special Scare)...

[elonkra]

Six player tourney, five remaining at level one w/a $20 big blind. Everyone has roughly $1000 in chips.

You have KJo in BB, and you check with two limpers and a completing SB. Four players on a flop of J97rainbow. $80 in the pot when the SB bets $80 into you. You have no reads on anyone.

First Question: Is the preflop check weak or proper, in light of my poor position?

Second Question: What is the proper move when the SB makes a pot-sized bet into you? For what it's worth, I min-raised to see where I was at, and he called.

Third Question: When the turn brings a 4 for a board of J974 (still no flush draw) and the SB makes another small bet into you ($80 again), what is the proper move? For what it's worth, I min-raised again, and he called.

Final Question: When the river brings a Q for a board of J974Q and the SB checks it to you, what is the proper move? For what it's worth, I checked and took it down (he mucked, so I assume he had Jrag. No way I should've bet that river, right?