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As others have said, don’t beat yourself up to bad. Losing with a good hand to a better hand just happens sometimes.
That being said, the type of tournament may influence my decision too. If it is the daily $50 buy in at the local casino, or even weekly $200 deep stack, I would call every time. Knowing I can go sit at the cash table and win back my buy in. In these type of events the rounds are shorter, the payouts are nice but not a major payday. The starting stack if often around 30-50 BB so accumulating chips early is a key part of running deep. Some of our local daily tournaments have starting stack of 3000 so at this point you would only have 15 BB if you folded.
If it is a bigger event that has a large buy in and 5 figure payouts I would consider folding. In these events the blinds are longer and the price money can be some serious money. The starting stacks are usually deep so you can recover from giving up the 1600 and survive to earn it back.
I talked to a guy that was dark checking a lot of hands OOP. He said it gave him position by making the other guy act first, then he could decide what to do next. I politely nodded my head and hopefully waited til I turned by head to roll my eyes and scoff at him.
Many times the dark check is simply to confuse the PF bettor. If it is a heads up pot, I have taken a rather unconventional approach to the dark check. I bet dark.
If I am the PF raiser I am most likely going to C bet in position. If I am probably going to C bet anyway, betting dark transfers the confusion back to the OOP player. The dark bet may indicate a big pair or at least it could be interpreted as a big pair. If you do have a strong hand and/or smash the flop you may be more likely to get called or even raised after the dark bet. If you miss the flop the dark bet may invoke a fold from a better hand.
While this may not be the most optimal strategy it has worked for me on several occasions. And it seems to keep them from dark checking in the future.
