Could/Should I have got away from this?

[daftpegasus]

Only about the 6th hand of the tournament so no reads on anyone. All of the previous hands had been won without a showdown and generally people had folded to bets around the 3xBB mark. I debated over the size of the pre flop raise between 4x and 5xBB - I'm not sure it would have made a difference to how the hand played out. I think the real question is could I have found out where I was without shoving post flop? I know I shoved because of the straight and flush possibilities. Also taking down the pot here would have left me chip leader at the table thus giving me a chance to play with a little bit more freedom and strength. Anyway here's the hand. Could/Should I have got away from this? 10.00/20.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 05 April 2009 20:33:56 .Vegas €3.500 Final (Real/Tournament) Seat 1: dlaci (1510.00) Seat 6: PL De Wolf (1470.00) Seat 2: ONODY_LACI (1540.00) Seat 3: dextros (1500.00) Seat 4: 100tollo (1500.00) Seat 5: guffer21 (1520.00) Seat 7: lordlucan70 (1460.00) Seat 8: Unknown (0.00) Seat 9: Unknown (0.00) Seat 10: Unknown (0.00) lordlucan70 post SB 10.00 dlaci post BB 20.00 ** Deal ** dlaci [N/A, N/A] PL De Wolf [Ad, Ah] ONODY_LACI [N/A, N/A] dextros [N/A, N/A] 100tollo [N/A, N/A] guffer21 [N/A, N/A] lordlucan70 [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** ONODY_LACI Fold dextros Fold 100tollo Call 20.00 guffer21 Fold PL De Wolf Raise to 80.00 lordlucan70 Call 80.00 dlaci Fold 100tollo Call 80.00 *** Flop(Board): *** : [9c, 4d, 8c] *** Bet Round 2 *** lordlucan70 Check 100tollo Bet 260.00 PL De Wolf All-in 1390.00 lordlucan70 Fold 100tollo Call 1390.00 *** Turn(Board): *** : [9c, 4d, 8c, Qc] *** River(Board): *** : [9c, 4d, 8c, Qc, 7c] *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 3040.00 dlaci Fold Win: 0.00 PL De Wolf [Ad, Ah] Pair of aces Win: 0.00 ONODY_LACI Fold Win: 0.00 dextros Fold Win: 0.00 100tollo [4c, 4h] Flush to the queen Win: 3040.00 guffer21 Fold Win: 0.00 lordlucan70 Fold Win: 0.00

[PGremlin]

Re: Could/Should I have got away from this? Unlucky mate. No, I don't see how you could have gotten away.