$55 - The single dumbest play I\'ve ever made
 

We were at 5 players for 3 full levels. I had called 1 all-in earlier and got sucked out.

For some reason, I just spaced out and thought that I was guaranteed 3rd place when the short stack posted all-in. I called because I knew that if I lost the hand I would still finish 3rd and that if I doubled up, I'd be in good shape to win... ????? I have no idea why I thought this. Needless to say, I had to take a break after this to regroup.

Feel free to laugh it up.

#Game No : 3214026409
***** Hand History for Game 3214026409 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:18344355 Level:9 Blinds(250/500) - Friday, December 16, 23:56:51 EDT 2005
Table Table 68114 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 9: Vuron00 ( $1750 )
Seat 4: GTGdou ( $4430 )
Seat 2: Trymebizatch ( $250 )
Seat 7: hundosanhour ( $3570 )
Trny:18344355 Level:9
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Vuron00 [ Jh Kh ]
GTGdou raises [1800].
hundosanhour folds.
Vuron00 is all-In [1500]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 9d, 3s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
GTGdou shows [ Qh, Ks ] high card king.
Vuron00 shows [ Jh, Kh ] high card king.
Trymebizatch shows [ 7d, 4c ] a pair of fours.
GTGdou wins 50 chips from side pot #2 with high card king with queen kicker.
GTGdou wins 3000 chips from side pot #1 with high card king with queen kicker.
Trymebizatch wins 750 chips from the main pot with a pair of fours.
Vuron00 finished in fourth place.

Re: $55 - The single dumbest play I\'ve ever made
 

That was an expensive mistake. Suck it up, don't let it happen again. While this hurts, I bet it'll increase your focus on the bubble for a while to come, and might even make up for the loss.

Yeah right.

Re: $55 - The single dumbest play I\'ve ever made
 

You are going to hell for this

Re: $55 - The single dumbest play I\'ve ever made
 

I don't think this is that terrible. In fact, I think I might do this as well. You got very unlucky that shortie beat you both and big stack beat you. Oh well.

Looking at it more, I'm not sure I do it too. He's so short that he needs to double up a couple times to worry me. That being said, it still isn't the worst move you've ever made, trust me.

Re: $55 - The single dumbest play I\'ve ever made
 

Any play which makes it more likely that Trymebizatch bubbles automatically gets my Gold Seal of Approval.

Btw, are you sure this is such a terrible play? I realize the outcome was super-frustrating, buuuut...the tighter UTG's range, the lower the chance that BB beats you both....the looser UTG's range, the more your call decreases the chance of BB surviving...

If someone has a supercomputer that can do the calculations faster than the 5 hours it would take Pokerstove on my laptop, I would love to see the results.