Big Stack Clash near the bubble

[teknique]

So I busted here when there were 2 pretty tiny stacks sitting at the table. Is this just bad luck or should I have been able to get away from this somewhere?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6.00+$0.50 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com



SB (t1100)
BB (t5505)
Hero (UTG) (t3505)
MP (t715)
Button (t2675)

Hero's M: 11.68

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, A
Hero raises to t600, 3 folds, BB calls t400

Flop: (t1300) A, 10, 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t600, BB calls t600

Turn: (t2500) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t400, BB raises to t1200, Hero raises to t2305 (All-In), BB calls t1105

River: (t7110) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t7110

[ciaran]

I generally make it 500 pre-flop, but that's a nitpick.

Post-flop depends on what I think of BB. If he's an idiot/unknown, I bet the flop and get it in on the turn (just shoving if checked to). If he's good, I probably go for pot control and try to get to showdown cheaply (I'm less worried about him having a flush draw than a set of aces/tens, or sometimes two-pair).

As played, that check-raise on the turn looks big, but your bet is so weak that I think you probably have to call/shove anyway since you're probably inducing bluffs from weaker aces.

[maf66]

I probably would've shoved the turn rather than play it tricky. Otherwise seems fine by me.

[teknique]

My gut feeling was after the pre flop and flop calls, he had an ace of some variety, I think he was a pretty bad player so I kinda felt here he was going to call me down with A-small, or we were getting it all in with AK/AQ/AJ/AT maybe even A9.. He did infact have AT for 2 pair. The way he was playing,
I felt if I checked the turn he was shoving in a massive bet on the river, or if I pushed the turn I was making him fold A-small.