Bubble: €5 Cooler - where should I have got out?

[GaF]

First off a disclaimer!! This may appear to some that this is a bad beat thread because I lost with the better starting hand - it's not!! When I put the money in, I was behind - it was bad play, not a bad beat!! A €5 cooler - how would you have played this? We're on the bubble - I have a few chips, 4th place I think, but not comfortable. We have one short stack. I get AKs on the button (short stack is on the BB). UTG calls, next player min raises. I read this as "lets all call and check it down to the short stack", I have a strong enough hand, but dont raise to isolate as I usually would - I'm happy to call and check it down. However plan scuppered when short stack folds!! 3 of us see the flop which is nice for me - KJ8 rainbow. 2nd to act min raises!!!!! I reraise all in, but am beat - he already has two pair. I'm confident I played it badly/wrong, but not sure at what point I should have got out.... 1) Should I just have reraised all in pre flop? 2) Should I have just folded pre flop and left others to fight it out? 3) Should I have folded to the min raise post flop? I think it's a really tricky situation and I dont know what I should have done!! ***** Hand 1283537717 ***** 150.00/300.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 18 October 2008 23:30:20 Cooler (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: pl---GaF (2145.00) Seat 2: sanaga (3445.00) Seat 5: Eukay (1070.00) Seat 6: printex76 (4145.00) Seat 7: LESOASK (1875.00) Seat 9: topseed77 (2320.00) sanaga post SB 150.00 Eukay post BB 300.00 ** Deal ** pl---GaF [As, Ks] sanaga [N/A, N/A] Eukay [N/A, N/A] printex76 [N/A, N/A] LESOASK [N/A, N/A] topseed77 [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** printex76 Call 300.00 LESOASK Raise to 600.00 topseed77 Fold pl---GaF Call 600.00 sanaga Fold Eukay Fold printex76 Call 600.00 *** Flop(Board): *** : [Kh, 8c, Jd] *** Bet Round 2 *** printex76 Check LESOASK Bet 300.00 pl---GaF All-in 1545.00 printex76 Call 1545.00 LESOASK Fold *** Turn(Board): *** : [Kh, 8c, Jd, Jc] *** River(Board): *** : [Kh, 8c, Jd, Jc, 5s] *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 5640.00 pl---GaF [As, Ks] Two pair kings and jacks Win: 0.00 sanaga Fold Win: 0.00 Eukay Fold Win: 0.00 printex76 [Jh, Kd] Full house Win: 5640.00 LESOASK Fold Win: 0.00 topseed77 Fold Win: 0.00

[GeordieGaz]

Re: Bubble: €5 Cooler - where should I have got out? I think if you re-raise all in pre and everyone folds then you're almost certain to cash in this..... so that's what I would have elected to do! :ok