Getting the Right Pot Odds Is Not An Idiotic Call

I was playing in a sit and go tournament this morning and I was called a complete idiot (and a few other words I can't publish) after I busted a player who had pocket aces with my six and eight of hearts. Unfortunately for him he gave me the correct odds to make the call I did. Here is how it happened.

It was a no limit tournament and the blinds were $25 and $50. I was in the big blind with the six and eight of hearts. Everyone folded to the guy on the button who only raised a single bet of $50 making it $100. The small blind folded and it was up to me. There was $175 in the pot and it would only cost me an additional $50 to call his raise so I was getting 3.5 to 1 in pot odds to make the call. I knew that against a random I was less than a 3.5 to 1 underdog so I was getting the correct pot odds to make the call.

There were three hearts on the flop giving me a flush. I checked and he went all in with his pocket aces. I called and knocked him out. He then started ranting that I was an idiot for defending my blind when in fact he made two mistakes that ultimately knocked him out of the tournament. First he only raised a single bet which gave me the correct odds to call his pre-flop raise. If he had raised more I would not have called. Secondly, he moved all in after there were three suited cards on the flop. I think if he really wants to call someone an idiot he should look in the mirror.