[UMTerp]

I know this forum is supposed to be for $500+ buy-ins live, but this it's pretty close to that, and it's an uncommon enough spot that hopefully it can stay. If not, I won't be offended if a mod moves it to the "regular" MTT strategy forum.

The Setting: Saturday Borgata $340 Tournament. 18 tables started, so 160-some players. We start with 10K stacks, and this is the 4th half-hour level, which is 100/200/25. Probably ~120 players left; maybe even a few more than that.

Relevant reads: UTG+1 is a ~40-year-old player I'd seen before, which probably means he's at least a weekend regular. Seems good, and he's far and away the chip leader at the table. He has 37K to start the hand. He had gotten in with TT against shorter stack's AA on a 876 flop not too long ago, and hit to get a good chunk of his stack. Button seems terrible and scared money. He has 4K to start the hand. Generally passive, but bet-folded occasionally in spots where he obviously shouldn't have. I was the small blind, and probably looked semi-disinterested/loose/reckless. I was taking a break from a $40/$80 limit game, showed up in the middle of the second level, and had just ordered my second Corona when this hand started. I had fluctuated quite a bit, was anywhere from 8K to 15K for most of the tournament, and had made smallish reraises and c-bets quite often that won some pots. I had only shown down one hand, and won a good-sized pot with top two pair.

Preflop: UTG+1 limps, MP limps, button limps, I raise to 900 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP folds, button calls. ~3000 in the pot, and I have 10K behind.

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Ugh. I'm thinking about what to do/bet, and the button throws in one of his three remaining 1K chips out of turn. He'll be obligated to bet this 1K if it's checked to him. UTG+1 and I kinda exchange a "what a donkey" look.

How to proceed?