Re: Stupid, stupid stupid
First off, unless you put your explanation paragraph in the wrong place, I think you're misunderstanding the concept of implied odds.
Your implied odds are what you'll be paid off from your opponents after you hit your hand. When you were faced with that huge raise on the turn, the button had about 95% of his stack committed at that point. You effectively had NO implied odds. Either you would hit your spade or you wouldn't and what you'd get is what was in the pot.
I think pre flop and flop you played it fine. You played it fine even if you were certain the button had fours because on the flop is where your implied odds come from. But when you call the flop and a brick hits on the turn you cannot go any further with this hand. You know you're beat and while it's cost you 1/6 of your stack you're still dominating the entire table!
But you knew that already, didn't you?
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