I had to fold, right?

PokerStars Game #7671675856: Tournament #38704818, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/12/29 - 23:20:40 (ET)
Table '38704818 8' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: CINCY-KIID (4590 in chips)
Seat 2: rev27 (2040 in chips)
Seat 3: Margaritivil (810 in chips)
Seat 4: aazimmer (1427 in chips)
Seat 5: DONTCRAKEM (2260 in chips)
Seat 6: bkerins (2230 in chips)
Seat 7: k06mars (1545 in chips)
Seat 8: dudex1006 (1495 in chips)
Seat 9: ManilaDunk (575 in chips)
Margaritivil: posts small blind 15
aazimmer: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to k06mars [As Jh]
DONTCRAKEM: folds
bkerins: folds
k06mars: calls 30
dudex1006: raises 120 to 150
ManilaDunk: calls 150
CINCY-KIID: folds
rev27: folds
Margaritivil: folds
aazimmer: calls 120
k06mars: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2s 4c]
aazimmer: checks
k06mars: bets 200
dudex1006: calls 200
ManilaDunk: folds
aazimmer: calls 200
*** TURN *** [Jc 2s 4c] [7h]
aazimmer: checks
k06mars: bets 400
dudex1006: calls 400
aazimmer: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [Jc 2s 4c 7h] [2c]
aazimmer: checks
k06mars: checks
dudex1006: bets 745 and is all-in
aazimmer: calls 677 and is all-in
k06mars: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dudex1006: shows [9s 9c] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
aazimmer: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Deuces)
aazimmer collected 3769 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3769 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 2s 4c 7h 2c]
Seat 1: CINCY-KIID folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rev27 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Margaritivil (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: aazimmer (big blind) showed [Td Th] and won (3769) with two pair, Tens and Deuces
Seat 5: DONTCRAKEM folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bkerins folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: k06mars folded on the River
Seat 8: dudex1006 showed [9s 9c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Deuces
Seat 9: ManilaDunk folded on the Flop

grrrrr....i hate donks...

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Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

ya, early in a tourney, even if you feel like you may be ahead, risking all ur chips with the blinds that low is not smart, they will play anything and theres a good chance ur beat. you werent, but you made the right play.

my only concern is the fact that you called preflop. a raise and 2 callers in front of you is cause for folding here. early in tourneys i hate playing mediocre hands with a lot of people in the pot. AJ isnt a very strong hand, it looks nice but with that many people in a raised pot, theres a good chance your way behind. i like raising with AJ but i hate calling with it.

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My reasoning was that if someone held one of the hands that had me dominated, they would let me know post flop by raising any bets that I make. When my bet of 200 was merely called by 2 people, I figured I was up against a possible flush draw, and probably a KJ, etc. If I was raised at any point, I fold.

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Fault always lies in the same place, my fine babies: with him weak enough to lay blame.

I'm probably folding preflop when someone raises and is cold called. AJo in EPin a multiway pot is a pretty poor hand. Since you played it your bet on the flop is very weak. You bet out 200 into a pot of 615 offering the next to act odds of better than 3/1. Anyone with a PP or a flush draw is almost getting the odds to call you and they'realmost certainly getting the implied odds as you've limp/called preflop and bet out here, thery think they can get your whole stack.

You then bet 400 into a 1215 pot again offering them 3/1 and begging them to call. Then on the river the pot is offering you 3/1 whilst holding 2 pair and you fold when you could easily be up against a hands like an overplayed AK or AK or a smaller PP. They've not played it like QQ+ and if they've hit their flush just fire up another game.

I'd have folded preflop but as you played I'd have bet the size of the pot on the flop and then probably pushed on the turn.

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Very tough call looking at the flush hit and someone hit trips with that river card. But, i agree with mattastic. You bet big on the flop with top pair and top kicker. Then your in for the pot anyway. Not a bad flop for you to be in for the pot because your prolly up against a draw. and like mattastic said, if he hits the flush the next $1 or $2 tourney is coming up soon.

The one thing I noticed from this is how many people out there way overplay thier small pockets. Its a good hand to bluff with when you miss trips but otherwise alot of trouble.

When you have TP and TK after flop with a flushdraw there. I would bet alot more on the flop, thinking you have the best hand but most another club would absolutely be a fold card.

The pot is 600(?) after the flop i would probably bet 400 or maybe even 500, the pot is already good and you could end right there, same thing on the turn. The only hand you could put them on after the turn that beats you is 77, i wouldn't consider an overpair, even if the they raised on the flop.

The fold on the river is right cause it looks like they have the flush as they just call your bets. but you put yourself in that position IMO.