$10+1 SNG Bubble play

[puckhead23]

Read villain to be "average-average" (neither tight nor loose, neither passive nor aggressive; really in between). I figured he would be all-in with a pocket pair better than mine, so I figured on being either a coin toss or well ahead (turned out to be a coin toss).

I have been too passive on the bubble in the past, and I need to improve this in order to advance my game. I don't want to become too hyper and hurt my game either. In the past, I would have most likely called and saw a flop, since I was second in chips this close to the money. Losing this pot crippled me. Was this a good action on my part? Would anyone do anything differently?

***** Hand History for Game 3283012504 *****
150/300 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 18719597) - Thu Dec 29 22:19:42 EST 2005
Table Table 68169 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: dinoo (990)
Seat 3: willhoov (3760)
Seat 4: super3244 (1140)
Seat 7: puckhead23 (1500)
Seat 8: weeds4 (610)
super3244 posts small blind (75)
puckhead23 posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to puckhead23 [ Tc, Th ]
weeds4 folds.
dinoo raises (300) to 300
willhoov folds.
super3244 folds.
puckhead23 raises (1350) to 1500
puckhead23 is all-In.
dinoo calls (690)
dinoo is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $2055 with dinoo
Creating Side Pot 1 with $510 with puckhead23
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jh, Qc, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ As ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Qd ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2055 | Side Pot 1: 510
Board: [ Jh Qc 9d As Qd ]
dinoo balance 2055, bet 990, collected 2055, net +1065 [ Ad Qs ] [ a full house, Queens full of aces -- Ad,As,Qs,Qc,Qd ]
willhoov balance 3760, didn't bet (folded)
super3244 balance 1065, lost 75 (folded)
puckhead23 balance 510, bet 1500, collected 510, lost -990 [ Tc Th ] [ two pairs, queens and tens -- As,Qc,Qd,Tc,Th ]
weeds4 balance 610, didn't bet (folded)

[puckhead23]

I'm a dumbass....meant to put this in the STT section. That's what no sleep will do to you. Sorry in advance.

[zardnok]

Bubble play has to be my weakest link as well, but I would have pushed in here as well. You have a quality hand. Blinds are getting larger and larger. You have to make a move sometime and 10-10 is a decent enough hand to move with late in the tourney.

[kbar13]

I make the same move about 90% of the time. The other times I might consider a stop-go or depending on how tight the opponent is, might, possibly, once in a blue moon fold. But I like the push.

[bobcorn]

I move in here although a stop-n-go is fine also. I think his min raise shows more strength than if he moved all in but you still have to go with this hand. Also, this isn't the bubble because there are 5 players. You are on the bubble when it is 4 handed.

[scottie_g]

I really like your push here. Unless you have some super read, I like a push here with any pocket pair. With T-T, I push that every day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

[jacedk]

I think this is a great place for a stop-n-go. Your read on either high cards or a low-medium pocket pair is pretty good, and since you are first to act after the flop, I think you have better folding equity by doing a stop-n-go than by pushing pre-flop.

I agree that his min raise here is probably an attempt to get callers rather than a sign of weakness. Barring a disasterous flop for him, all of his money are going in the middle if he plays this hand. So the best way to get him to fold is by letting him see the flop, push regardless and hope he missed.

Not that it would have mattered on this flop anyway, with him flopping TPTK.