Second guessing... could I have gotten away from this? Ever?

[Squiggly]

This is hand #2 of the tournament.
First hand I folded 96o.

Not a bad beat story. I am questioning if I am a donk or not. Should I have suspected pocket aces (which I did suspect) after the 3bet/call preflop and the shove after the flop? I had that sinking feeling, but couldn't justify not calling the all-in. Considering this was the second hand of the tournament, is there any way I could have folded this?

PokerStars Game #53374954491: Tournament #335484094, 1000FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/27 15:31:21 PT [2010/11/27 18:31:21 ET]
Table '335484094 11' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BillyRipken (1670 in chips)
Seat 2: Daxonovitch (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: Fevered (1480 in chips)
Seat 4: tigertrap (1360 in chips)
Seat 5: Squiggly69 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Daveyboy_197 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Yell Fire! (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: kris_watt (1500 in chips)
Fevered: posts small blind 10
tigertrap: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Squiggly69 [Kd Ks]
Squiggly69: raises 40 to 60
Daveyboy_197: folds
Yell Fire!: folds
kris_watt: folds
BillyRipken: raises 120 to 180
Daxonovitch: folds
Fevered: folds
tigertrap: folds
Squiggly69: raises 260 to 440
BillyRipken: calls 260
*** FLOP *** [2h Ts 6c]
Squiggly69: bets 520
BillyRipken: raises 600 to 1120
Squiggly69: calls 540 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (60) returned to BillyRipken
*** TURN *** [2h Ts 6c] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [2h Ts 6c 9c] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Squiggly69: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
BillyRipken: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
BillyRipken collected 3030 from pot
Squiggly69 finished the tournament in 137th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3030 | Rake 0
Board [2h Ts 6c 9c Qc]
Seat 1: BillyRipken showed [As Ad] and won (3030) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: Daxonovitch (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Fevered (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: tigertrap (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Squiggly69 showed [Kd Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: Daveyboy_197 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Yell Fire! folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: kris_watt folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[Martini]

I suppose you could have...but you shouldn't. If he has Aces then so be it. You're only starting with a 75xBB stack and there's just not enough information for you to be sure it is AA. Get it in and hope for the best.

[stooks99]

I don't think I've ever correctly folded Kings pre-flop.   I would never do it in a fpp game.   EVER.  So, having said that, my money goes in the middle here.

[Squiggly]

Frustrating. 8 seats total to the $500 buy-in main event of the CCOOP tomorrow with only 157 entrants to this satellite. Well over half of my total FPPs to enter. Out second hand.

<-rant>

Cheers everybody. At least I did the right thing lol.

[NotFadeAway]

There's no way you can fold this, imo.  I would raise more preflop though, but a smaller 4 bet is probably fine.

[holdemholmes]

There's no way you can fold this, imo.  I would raise more preflop though, but a smaller 4 bet is probably fine.

x2. With that flop he could have just as easily had JJ or QQ.

[Martini]

Frustrating. 8 seats total to the $500 buy-in main event of the CCOOP tomorrow with only 157 entrants to this satellite. Well over half of my total FPPs to enter. Out second hand.

<-rant>

Cheers everybody. At least I did the right thing lol.

Well it's not like you busted out on the bubble or anything. Going out on the second hand pays as much as busting out right before the money. If you're worried about using that many FPPs then you should be using the same bankroll management principles for them that you should for your real money account. Thing about FPPs is that they'll automatically accrue for you so at least you have that going for you.

Don't second guess yourself for the right action but wrong result. That will drive you crazy in poker.

[Squiggly]

I agree regarding the bankroll management but I figured it was a good deal for the FPPs. 5 added seats to a satellite that only had 150 players seemed like a good shot to take. Especially for a $500 buy in event.

[FSL009]

i stack off there for sure.