Writing in an Effort to Move On...

This hand has been in my head all day, and in order to clear my mind for the upcoming Midnight Madness tourney on Full Tilt, I have to get it off my chest.

$17,000 Guarantee last night. 16 away from the money in an 800 or so person tourney. Blinds 250-500. Did I make the right choice?

Full Tilt Poker Game #4938880384: $17,000 Guarantee (36847476), Table 73 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:29:31 ET - 2008/01/21Seat 1: cp10990 (11,254)Seat 2: TommyC_107 (9,422)Seat 3: BSOX04 (8,116)Seat 4: PSCPRODIGY (15,179)Seat 5: Tripset30 (6,512)Seat 6: IgotdanutsAA (2,274)Seat 7: mauzinho2 (8,432)Seat 8: Veghead9 (7,669)Seat 9: Merrito (11,058)cp10990 antes 50TommyC_107 antes 50BSOX04 antes 50PSCPRODIGY antes 50Tripset30 antes 50IgotdanutsAA antes 50mauzinho2 antes 50Veghead9 antes 50Merrito antes 50Tripset30 posts the small blind of 250IgotdanutsAA posts the big blind of 500The button is in seat #4*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Tripset30 [Kh As]
mauzinho2 folds
Veghead9 folds
Merrito calls 500
cp10990 folds
TommyC_107 folds
BSOX04 has 15 seconds left to actBSOX04 folds
IgotdanutsAA: jesus christ
IgotdanutsAA: my luck
IgotdanutsAA: nice catch
PSCPRODIGY raises to 2,008
Tripset30 raises to 6,462, and is all in
IgotdanutsAA folds
Merrito calls 5,962
PSCPRODIGY has 15 seconds left to act
PSCPRODIGY has requested TIME
PSCPRODIGY raises to 15,129, and is all in
Merrito calls 4,546, and is all in
PSCPRODIGY shows [Qd Qh]
Tripset30 shows [Kh As]
Merrito shows [Ad Ac]

A little background (as the tournament window is open in the background): PSC, the button, had raised pretty much every button, so I felt like I could take a shot there. What I didn't count on was that Merrito would limp with aces. All honesty, I just didn't think he had the creativity to pull such a stunt, especially from middle position.

The only thing I kind of wonder about is what if I had just called PSC there? Does Merrito still re-pop? If he just smooth calls, I get away from that hand on the flop (which came J-10-blank).

Dan Harrington says to fold pretty much anything outside of Ks or As that close to the bubble. I don't know.

All I know is that I got to play for now.