Call, Fold (or reraise)???

[RuleBritannia]

Got myself into a bit of a spot here very early on in torunament, by initially raising and then betting pot size, so had made myself seem a little stronger than I actually was at the time. Im wondering, what you would gave done in this situation? In my eyes, looking back, I could have played the hand better post flop.... wouldnt do much differently again pre-flop. If I fold, will it seem weak, given that I had initially raised and then betted? If I call, Im risking being beaten by the Q and have taken my stack down to 2/3 of what it was, and although early in the tournament, would dent my hopes if losing. If I re-raise, Im as well shoving surely? and I don't have the hand to shove. Might mean nothing to you guys, this sort of hand but means a lot to me in the learning process. Ps, Chikilooka had already been getting involved in any hand that he could and I hadnt seen him fold post flop yet in the tourney. ** Hand # 2671242674 starting - 2009-06-18 20:12:32 ** The Four Dartsmen - Game 4 Week 3[2984881]:Table 5 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (20.00|40.00 NL - MTT) Real Money kail234 sitting in seat 1 with 1970.00 28LL sitting in seat 2 with 3920.00[sitting out] chikilooka sitting in seat 3 with 3740.00 fermanagh1 sitting in seat 4 with 2100.00[Dealer] 24ginger sitting in seat 5 with 340.00[sitting out] miha1006 sitting in seat 6 with 2310.00[sitting out] raycool sitting in seat 7 with 2100.00 richardcairn sitting in seat 8 with 2070.00 rulebPL sitting in seat 9 with 1890.00 rosies sitting in seat 10 with 2300.00 24ginger posted the small blind - 10.00 miha1006 posted the big blind - 20.00 ** Dealing cards to rulebPL: Jd, Kc 24ginger reconnected 24ginger reconnected raycool folded richardcairn folded rulebPL raised to 100.00 rosies folded kail234 folded 28LL folded chikilooka called - 100.00 fermanagh1 called - 100.00 24ginger folded miha1006 called - 100.00 ** Dealing the flop: Qs, 3h, 4c miha1006 checked rulebPL checked chikilooka checked fermanagh1 checked ** Dealing the turn: Jc miha1006 checked rulebPL bet - 200.00 chikilooka called - 200.00 fermanagh1 folded miha1006 folded ** Dealing the river: 7h rulebPL checked chikilooka bet - 375.00 rulebPL --- ?????????????

[muttley]

Re: Call, Fold (or reraise)??? I'm a rookie too, but here's what I would have done different. You've shown strength pre-flop, so a c-bet of about 200 on the flop would seem reasonable. If chikilooka calls or re-raises then at least you know he's got some sort of hand. As it is you don't know if he hit the 7 or the Q, or is on a bluff. You're getting good odds to call (maybe he knows that), but I reckon you're beat. I'd fold.