opinions please

[teaulc]

did i show weakness in going all in? Full Tilt Poker Game #11937227785: pokerpeople on Tilt (88644861), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:19:53 ET - 2009/04/29 Seat 2: t1tpfdc (3,875) Seat 7: sasas57 (5,550) Seat 9: teaulcsg1 (4,075) teaulcsg1 posts the small blind of 80 t1tpfdc posts the big blind of 160 The button is in seat #7 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to teaulcsg1 [As 2c] sasas57 folds teaulcsg1 raises to 480 t1tpfdc calls 320 *** FLOP *** [3h 5h 2d] teaulcsg1 bets 3,595, and is all in t1tpfdc calls 3,395, and is all in teaulcsg1 shows [As 2c] t1tpfdc shows [3c Ad] Uncalled bet of 200 returned to teaulcsg1 *** TURN *** [3h 5h 2d] [7h] *** RIVER *** [3h 5h 2d 7h] [Kc] teaulcsg1 shows a pair of Twos t1tpfdc shows a pair of Threes t1tpfdc wins the pot (7,750) with a pair of Threes teaulcsg1: lol *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 7,750 | Rake 0 Board: [3h 5h 2d 7h Kc] Seat 2: t1tpfdc (big blind) showed [3c Ad] and won (7,750) with a pair of Threes Seat 7: sasas57 (button) didn't bet (folded) Seat 9: teaulcsg1 (small blind) showed [As 2c] and lost with a pair of Twos

[Samba_SamPa]

Re: opinions please What were your reasons for going all-in there? Personally I think it was reckless and unnecessary - answering the question asked, I think it was a weak move. You have bottom pair, top kicker. You need to think about what the villain could have - he's called your pre-flop raise (have you been doing this regularly?) so it has to be assumed he has a hand worth doing so with. Ruling out AA, KK, QQ, AK, perhaps JJ and TT as hands the villain would have reraised with, you can put him on (imo) 22+, A2+, K9o+ QTo+, plus suited connectors from about 56/67+. You're not going to get rid of any of the hands that are beating you (except, ironically I would have suggested A3) - 66-99 are overpairs to the board, 22, 33 and 55 have hit trips, and 44 is 2nd pair and up and down straight draw. A5 is going to call with tptk. A4 has flopped a straight. Now of the hands you are beating - 2 overcards - you're not going to get any of them to call you by shoving. When you bet on the flop it should be for one of 3 reasons - getting a better hand to fold (not happening here), getting a worse hand to call (not happening here), or protect a made hand from a drawing board (you have bottom pair, top kicker - not exactly worth protecting).