Cooler??

I hosted a little 2 table tourney at my place Friday night. Pretty good turn out- 20 players. As usual I was looking forward to playing my table. Good mix of players. Some I could play straight up, and others I could just push around.

I started off well. I built up a nice chip stack. I took 2 players out and crippled a couple more. We got down to the final table, and I think I was second in chips. There was a guy from the other table who had me by about 2 or 3 big blinds. It just so happened that he was sitting to my immediate right. It sure was nice to have position on the other big stack at the table. Well, it WAS nice until one hand. I'm in the BB (other big stack in the SB). It folds all the way around the table the SB calls. I check my cards- Jc10d. I might think about a raise against a lower stack or a soft player, but this guy had chips and he is a bit of a calling station. I elect to just check. I tell myself I am not going to get involved unless I hit something. Why risk it. I am still a big stack at the table. I can pick a better opponent to steal from. The flop:

10c10h9h

Ding ding ding...I would say that I hit that flop pretty good. He checks to me. Now, I know this guy loves to draw to hands. In the past I have seen him put huge amounts of chips into the pot on mid range flush draws or straight draws. I decide to bet. I throw out about 3/4 the pot. He calls. The Turn:

5d

That card helps nothing. He checks. I bet out again- about a pot sized bet. He raises me. He throws in triple my raise. I wasn't expecting that at all. I think for a second. What hands could have me beat? The odds of him having another 10 are slim. I go through the hands. I rule out pocket 9's and 5's. He would have raised pre-flop with those hands. I felt that he would have also raised (in a blind Vs blind situation) with A 10, K 10 or maybe even Q 10. The only other hand I could put him on would be a 9 10 or 5 10, but I kept thinking of those odds...of him having the other 10.

I decide to re-raise. At this point the pot is big enough, and I would be happy to take it just as it is. I push all in. He insta-calls. I honestly thought I was still good. He flips his hand over. Ks10s. Oops! Man, did I screw that one up. I have 3 jacks in the deck, and of course, I miss on the river. I am busted out in 8th position.

So my question is, was that a cooler or did I just play it poorly? Could you have folded that hand?

I do know one mistake I made- not looking for a read. I am not saying that I am some awesome reader, but if I would have watched him when the flop hit maybe, just maybe, I could have seen something. Even if I did pick up on something I probably still going to get my money in there. The point is, I didn't even try to pick up on anything. That was a mistake on my part.

The night wasn't a total loss. After I cooled off I sat down at the cash game that had started up, and played pretty well. At the end of the night I cashed for a little more than double my buy in.