Cash vs. Tourney

With blinds pretty high I limped UTG with 235. Now, that is a standard raise in TDL. However, think about it, there is no "book" for TDL tourneys. The chapter we all know and love is for cash games. If you had to name THE one adjustment for going from cash to tourneys it's simply that at times you sacrifice equity for survival.

My thinking was I was happy to play this hand for two bets but I didn't want to get sucked into playing for 900 before the first draw. Pot size control - not as important as in NL but important here. Sure enough, the one seat - the only other amateur at the table but someone who probably was semi-pro - popped it. The Full Tilt pro (Schlein?) In the BB called and so did I. I caught another 5 and blah. The BB bet out, I called, one seat raised, and BB re-popped. If I had open raised to begin with I'd probably be married to this hand to the river. As it was, I folded. Maybe if I had raised, three bets to the BB would have gotten me HU. In that can I would have faced a check-call situation instead of in a meat grinder, and made it to the second draw. Woulda coulda shoulda, but sacrificing value with that draw is not terrible I think, like it would be in a cash game.