Am I playing with fire?

[Laughingboy]

First hand of the tourney, so I have no reads, but I have the strong feeling that villain does not want any callers PF. So, I challenge him on the flop, despite the queen, and he backs off. I'm wondering if a PF reraise would have been better, though.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

Hero (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1000)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1000)
CO (t1000)
Button (Villain)(t1000)
SB (t1000)
BB (t1000)
UTG (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t55</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t55, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button (Villain) raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t145, MP1 folds.

Flop: (t477.50) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, Villain folds.

Final Pot: t777.50