ftp55k. is there any excuse for me not pushing the turn here?
 

no reads. is this an ok usage of the 'free card'? or am i took weak for my own good?

Full Tilt Poker Game #4350150740: $55,000 Guarantee (32317260), Table 13 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:00:18 ET - 2007/11/30
Seat 1: beaurgard (3,541)
Seat 2: feldliss (2,410)
Seat 3: jdpc27 (3,115)
Seat 4: MrShimSham (5,520)
Seat 5: ATM4Life (9,452)
Seat 6: mordan (2,489)
Seat 7: astaroth000 (9,360)
Seat 8: plzlemmewin (3,050)
Seat 9: silkfoot (3,385)
mordan posts the small blind of 30
astaroth000 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MrShimSham [Ks Ad]
plzlemmewin calls 60
silkfoot calls 60
beaurgard has 15 seconds left to act
beaurgard folds
feldliss folds
jdpc27 folds
MrShimSham raises to 300
ATM4Life folds
mordan folds
astaroth000 folds
plzlemmewin has 15 seconds left to act
plzlemmewin calls 240
silkfoot calls 240
*** FLOP *** [Td 9d As]
plzlemmewin checks
silkfoot checks
MrShimSham bets 720
plzlemmewin folds
silkfoot calls 720
*** TURN *** [Td 9d As] [Kd]
silkfoot checks
MrShimSham checks
*** RIVER *** [Td 9d As Kd] [Js]
silkfoot bets 2,365, and is all in
MrShimSham folds
Uncalled bet of 2,365 returned to silkfoot
silkfoot mucks
silkfoot wins the pot (2,430)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,430 | Rake 0
Board: [Td 9d As Kd Js]
Seat 1: beaurgard didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: feldliss didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: jdpc27 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MrShimSham folded on the River
Seat 5: ATM4Life (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: mordan (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: astaroth000 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: plzlemmewin folded on the Flop
Seat 9: silkfoot collected (2,430), mucked

Re: ftp55k. is there any excuse for me not pushing the turn here?
 

chalk it up to a cold deck if you're beat on the turn, i cant understand why you would check, its just a tournament

Re: ftp55k. is there any excuse for me not pushing the turn here?
 

thats what i figured. im playing way too tight/weak.

Re: ftp55k. is there any excuse for me not pushing the turn here?
 

confused on why we are raising to 5x preflop but i would not check. there are too many draws that can fill up on the river which will probably get called down either way but you need to bet and/or push the turn.