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

[Vuron00]

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.

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.

You are going to hell for this

[kyro]

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.

[ilya]

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.