FTP $14 sat. : bet size hand with TT ......

[bobneptune]

level 3 of a satellite with 44 players and 6 get paid, top 3 get entry to tourney. i'm currently 6th with 35 left.

i'm the bb w/ TT. one limper,button 4x raises, sb and i call, limper folds.

i assign the button 90% aj+, 88+ and 10% some random suited connector/mid-small pr/ some random straight stealing hand.

the flop is j-4-2, 2 suited. my tens look at that as a pretty good flop with one overcard. its checked to me.

if i check, the button is 90% to raise with anything, so i must bet to find out where i stand.

a half pot bet eats up ~ 25% of my remaining stack. will a smaller probe bet be strong enough to fold hands that are behind TT like AK, AQ, 99, 88, etc and define my hand for me ???

whats the correct bet size here ???


FullTiltPoker Game #1240256562: Satellite to $20K Guarantee (8074724), Table 5 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:42:42 ET - 2006/11/13
Seat 1: wc_kid (2,815)
Seat 2: 2FARRGONE (890)
Seat 3: johnadams (3,010)
Seat 4: AshLdy (3,160)
Seat 5: Julia Bond (3,910)
Seat 6: ButtSnot (2,265)
Seat 7: LIMPS IN (2,435)
Seat 8: ahomer (780)
2FARRGONE posts the small blind of 50
johnadams posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to johnadams [Tc Ts]
AshLdy calls 100
Julia Bond folds
ButtSnot folds
LIMPS IN folds
ahomer folds
wc_kid raises to 400
2FARRGONE calls 350
johnadams calls 300
AshLdy folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4d 2d]
2FARRGONE checks
johnadams bets ????