500$ live casino... 180 people 20min blinds

150 / 300 25ante

Fold
Fold
Call 300 ( tight will fold to 2x reraises) == folds to my pre flop raise
Fold
Fold
Call 300 (tight player 30k behind) == calls my preflop raise
Fold
I have KK raise 950 (28k behind)
Old guy calls 950 (30k behind first hand he has played here in 15+ mins)
SB fold
BB call

Flop comes. 8 2 5 rainbow

Check
Check
I bet 1300
Old guy raises to 5k
Fold fold

I tanked and it was either all in or fold so i folded? Was this a bad fold...i figured a set, but could have been old guy overplaying A8 or something... I did raise his BB when i was SB a few hands back, but really?

Very curious to see what you guys say here... I know maybe i could have bet more on flop but it was best flop you want...

The more I sit here and think about it the more I feel i should have called maybe. He could have had 10s or JJ i dont know. All in with one pair pretty early in tourney i just dont know.

Maybe I should have min raised to 10 and see what he does?

more pre
call flop

Seems like you're playing too high of a buyin and are scared money. First your open should be more and there's no reason to ever fold this unless you have an absurd read or a lot of history.

I actually almost always raise more pre there, but the table is super super tight and the 1-2 guys that limped before fold to minraises after limping multiple times. I guess i cant change up because of that though, and will have to raise the usual.

Its not the buyin really I am fine like that and always try to play to win plus I am actually free rolling here. I guess i just psyched myself out with an old guy raising me big like that one that board. Just have to put it behind me now, and learn from it.