Thanks for the responses, guys. This was, of course, a hand from a $10 SnG I played last evening after turning off Celebrity Poker Showdown before it's completion. My impatience caught up with me on this one. The table was full of limpers and I had Phil Gordon's voice in my ear saying "Note to self, teach these guys about raising pre-flop." I entered this tourney with 'raise or fold' as my mantra, so when the TT hit, no way was I going to let these guys get away with limping in with crap and sucking out a pot. When it was checked to me, I pushed all-in and was called by a pair of sixes that made a set on the flop. No ten came on the turn or the river to save me so I was done. If I'd been able to slow down, the wiser move definately was to go in with a healthy bet and respond from there.
But slowing down was not going to be possible given that each time at the tables this week, I became more and more impatient with the horrendous players and suckouts. My bankroll has suffered as much as my attitude and a bad attitude is the number one ingredient to a tilt cocktail and the green light for a losing streak. Sigh.
----------------------------------------Level two of a low buy-in single table tourney. You are in late postion with pocket TT. Several limp to you and you raise 3 times BB. You get no less than 3 callers. The flop is ragged with undercards. It's checked to you. What do you do and why? What would you do differently, if anything, from the get-go?
