As far as reads go, I just got moved to this table, so I had nothing to go on.

I was player 1 with AJo. I'm just trying to take away a lesson from this hand if there was one. The only one I have so far is to raise more PF. The raise to only 500 gave the button a fairly cheap call with position which in turn gave UTG a cheap call with suited broadway (though given how the hand played out, I don't think another 100 to call PF would have gotten this guy to fold).

I thought about dumping this PF, but it was close to the bubble and I still had enough chips to hurt someone. Maybe lesson2 is to dump marginal hands and observe people for a while before getting involved when new to a table.

Once the flop came, I hit my hand as well as I could expect, so I don't see what I could have done differently. Maybe it's just from playing 10NL/PL so much, but from the action on the flop I had him on a FD (I just didn't stop to consider that he might have Jdxd and would have more than 9 outs against me. Lesson #3 I guess). I didn't like the Qs coming on the turn but when he checked to me I thought I c0uld move him off this hand by going all in even if he had a FD. In a cash game I think I actually check behind the turn to try and SD cheap, as QdJd easily checks to me to do the betting for them and a lot of people will limp-call KQ UTG--especially KQs. I thought things would be tighter in a MTT and I could move him off a FD if I got it all in. Ugh, I just ran it on Poker stove-- I'm actually a slight dog vs KdQd and only a slight favorite vs KdJd and QdJd on the flop (not to mention a massive dog vs 22/88). Once the turn brought the Qs, I probably should have tried to SD cheap. Of course, when the river 3d came I'd be bitching about how I didn't price him off his draw Then again, I wouldn't have been crippled after this hand had I been more cautious. Fnord does say something to the effect that in tournies, pushing small edges often takes a backseat to survival. No truer words, in this case.

As far as player 2 goes (and I don't want to be one of those OMG HOW COULD YOU CALL THAT?!?! jerks), I don't think I could have made the call with 2nd pair and 2nd nut FD unless it's VERY late and the blinds are higher. Is calling a turn push here a good call or at best a marginal one? I just wonder if I'm being too weak-tight by thinking I'd fold KdJd here.