party 200K guaranteed early hand : AA input wanted

[Apegod]

Hi all,

Third hand in the party 200K guaranteed. ( couldnt get convertor to work but want to post the hand anyway).

I laid down AA, which was probably a mistake and just plain bad play.. still dont want to have a discussion as to wether or not the play was correct...

At the time It felt like I was beaten, i know 10xs or pocket 6 are not the only possibly holdings here but my read/feeling was the flop did hit him..( I played it like this because I wanted to see if my read was correct.. )

now my question /statement is the following : i felt it was correct to fold the hand because this early in the tournament my chips are more valuable and will allow me later on to gain momentum and still have a good tournament ( I ended up taking 19th place btw)


So please no feedback on how I played the hand.. would like to understand what others would have done in the situation.. commit their chips hoping for a double up already now or take the safer route and try and outplay the field..

I felt it was more important to me to keep 4K in chips then to get a stack of 10K.. with blinds this low I dont need the chips yet.

***** Hand History for Game 5495369706 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny: 30715067 Level: 1 Blinds(20/40) - Sunday, December 10, 12:55:15 ET 2006
Table 200K Guaranteed Sunday (887797) Table #91 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Jorkel ( 4940 )
Seat 2: DRohn ( 5000 )
Seat 3: She_DiDIt ( 5000 )
Seat 4: tordo ( 5120 )
Seat 5: eiger1811 ( 5000 )
Seat 6: WillyTheKid ( 4735 )
Seat 7: BeetleRules ( 5025 )
Seat 8: spatzentiger ( 5340 )
Seat 9: Great__Ape ( 4840 )
Seat 10: Seilly ( 4940 )
Trny: 30715067 Level: 1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Great__Ape [ Ad As ]
tordo folds
eiger1811 folds
WillyTheKid folds
BeetleRules folds
spatzentiger folds
Great__Ape raises [140]
Seilly folds
Jorkel calls [140]
DRohn folds
She_DiDIt folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Td, Tc ]
Great__Ape bets [200]
Jorkel raises [700]
Great__Ape calls [500]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
Great__Ape checks
Jorkel bets [1100]
Great__Ape folds
Jorkel does not show cards.
Jorkel wins 2840 chips