Where did this go wrong? or, Bad beat, on to the next

[sirpupnyc]

This is a 5+.50 on Pokerroom. About 60 left, 40 get paid.

Did I play this wrong, or did it just not fall out my way?

I can see an argument for folding pre-flop, given the action ahead (weakish though it was) and my good chip position with the money somewhat close.

But pushing to isolate the shorty on my right is reasonable, isn't it?

And WTF could the guy with 44 have been thinking, calling his whole stack? After the dust settled, I said "fours???" and his reply was "had to". Anybody know how he figures he "had to"?

Apologies for the semi-badbeat post, but I'm curious as to whether or not I made the right move and just got unlucky, or if this was a colossal blunder that cost me my tourney. And if anybody can tell me what 44 guy was thinking, I'll be mightily impressed.

Anyway, on to the HH.


Seat 1: BB ($6,118 in chips)
Seat 2: ($5,282 in chips)
Seat 3: ($27,539 in chips)
Seat 4: ($10,833 in chips)
Seat 5: ($6,740 in chips)
Seat 6: ($3,340 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero [10S,10D] ($11,900 in chips)
Seat 8: Bn ($37,890 in chips)
Seat 10: SB ($16,683 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
Seat 10 posts blind ($400), Seat 1 posts blind ($800).

PRE-FLOP
1 fold, Seat 3 calls $800, Seat 4 bets $1,600, Seat 5 calls $1,600, Seat 6 bets $3,340 and is all-in, Hero bets $11,900 and is all-in, 4 folds, Seat 4 calls $9,233 and is all-in, Seat 5 calls $5,140 and is all-in.

FLOP [board cards JH,5H,4H ]

TURN [board cards JH,5H,4H,JS ]

RIVER [board cards JH,5H,4H,JS,3H ]

SHOWDOWN
Hero shows [ 10S,10D ]
Seat 4 shows [ 4C,4S ]
Seat 5 shows [ KC,QH ]
Seat 6 shows [ 9S,9C ]
Hero wins $1,067, Seat 4 wins $8,186, Seat 4 wins $10,200, Seat 4 wins $15,360.