[citanul]

moves are fine. make moves. don't make very low percentage moves. getting involved for lots of chips in situations where it would make no sense for your opponent to not have you drawing slim is a bad bad thing.

a hand i played in a fairly douchelike manner today, for example:
ministep5, 25/50 blinds, 8 players left, i've got 1400 chips, and opponent has 1500.

i'm dealt KK in the bb, ep raises to 150, villain calls. folded to me, i make it 500 or 550. ep folds, villain calls.

flop comes down AQJ two diamonds, i have no diamond, and i push.

not incredibly similar hands, but very similar mistakes, to your hand.

amongst the many mistakes i made here are that if i decide that i want to play for my whole stack and that i'm likely ahead, i should check the flop first to act.

citanul