Why do I not take my own advice?
What did I just say? That you should leave a game when you know you’re playing wrong?
Harder than it sounds.
I messed up last night trying to get cute with QQ under the gun. Limped, let 5 people in. Bet the flop of 238 hard and got called by the player named “Gambler.” On the turn a 4. Bet hard again and guy reraised all-in. For some reason I called, believing the guy might make the move with just top pair. He turns over A5 for a straight. Donked off about half my stack on that play, though it might have gone just the same even if I raised preflop because he would have stuck around with the weak ace.
Problem was, after that I still had most of my buy in. Proceeded to let my game go and junk around and ended up donking it off with a huge draw near the end to another player who couldn’t let top pair go.
Lesson: do not limp under the gun with a big pair in a loose game where they will call you action anyway.
Relesson: do not bluff on the come at a table where most of the players can’t let go of top pair.
Rerelesson: get the hell up from the table when you know you are in suck mode and still have decent chips.
I am often dumb.
1 opinion for Why do I not take my own advice?
Betfair Poker Player
Oct 24, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Had to lol at you being called by someone named ‘The Gambler.
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