I know I should have raised pre-flop but my girlfriend who was right next to me was on the final table in another tournament and I was distracted. Turns out it would not have mattered since I am guessing the other two players would have called anyway with a pocket pair and AQ.

I thought long and hard about this and basically read his all-in on the flop as a single heart. So I thought I"m ahead with top pair top kicker and he is a dog to hit the flush. But I really didn't need to gamble quite so much in that spot.

I had not seem him stealing much if any pots... and I had been very lucky so they were keeping a safe distance from me with respect to bluffing me.

So I just thought the all in was the one heart... but it was just too risky. I am not happy at how I played this hand - not going to war pre-flop was dumb. I hate being distracted on final tables because stupid shit like calling with AKs happens when I am rushed and all of a sudden am worried about timing out.

Is there anyone out there who would call in this spot when 1st and 2nd are up for grabs ?

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pokerstars Game #5147375135: Tournament #25873284, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1500/3000) - 2006/06/04 - 03:43:23 (ET)
Table '25873284 10' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: pjfoster13 (61449 in chips)
Seat 5: DaChipkeeper (122674 in chips)
Seat 6: tibby99 (85877 in chips)
pjfoster13: posts the ante 150
DaChipkeeper: posts the ante 150
tibby99: posts the ante 150
tibby99: posts small blind 1500
pjfoster13: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tibby99 [Kc Ac]
DaChipkeeper: raises 6000 to 9000
tibby99: calls 7500
pjfoster13: calls 6000
*** FLOP *** [Th Kh 6h]
tibby99: checks
pjfoster13: bets 52299 and is all-in
DaChipkeeper: folds
tibby99: calls 52299
*** TURN *** [Th Kh 6h] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Th Kh 6h 8h] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tibby99: shows [Kc Ac] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
pjfoster13: shows [6s 6c] (a full house, Sixes full of Tens)
pjfoster13 collected 132048 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 132048 | Rake 0
Board [Th Kh 6h 8h Ts]
Seat 3: pjfoster13 (big blind) showed [6s 6c] and won (132048) with a full house, Sixes full of Tens
Seat 5: DaChipkeeper (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: tibby99 (small blind) showed [Kc Ac] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens