9 SNG $5 + .50 End 6th 41 hands

Session was going ok until my pocket J's hit trip 9's on the flop and it was all over. I was probably too aggressive at the end when I should have backed off when I pot raised a check and was reraised twice my bet. I certainly would have been hurt chip wise at that point but still in the session.

Hand 41. Six players. I'm the button w/pocket J's (Jc Jd). HJ limps in with 120, CO folds and I raise to 3 BB (360), SB & BB fold, HJ calls. Flop 9c 9d 4h. Well, my pocket J's are best and after the HJ checks, I decide I'll bet big and bet the pot (900). If he folds adding 900 chips to my stack would be nice and if he wants to go further he'll have to pay. Instead of folding he check-raises my 900 to 1800. Ugh. At that point I really need to stop and say, OK what might he have, but I didn't do that. Instead after a little bit of thought, I say, OK buddy, it'll cost you 850 more!! HJ calls & shows 9h 10h. Now all I can do is hope!! Turn 3c. River 10s. HJ now has a FH. A bit of overkill and I'm outta there.

I could have bet stronger pre-flop and maybe I'd have picked up the 300 chips in the pot at that time, but I'm not sure how much higher I would have needed to bet to make that happen and I was really hoping to make more with my  pocket J's if no higher cards showed up on the flop, which is what happened, but unfortunately hit one of the HJ's cards.

I also wonder if I had bet 2/3 of the pot (600) post-flop instead of the pot if that might have made a difference in how I would have responded to his reraise if that was what he did. O course if he just called me and with the Turn only a 3c I likely would have bet into the pot again as from my point of view I still look like I have the best hand. And if I still had chips left at the River with a 10s showing up I'm sure I'd have put the rest of them in and still end up where I did much earlier. :-)

Prior to that play I felt I was playing well, stealing some blinds and raising bets to my BB that got them to fold.