I just lost $400 on this hand - and I deserved to lose!

[GrunchCan]

I had a revelation tonight.

My online limit results have been very good and escalating ever since I found 2+2. But when I play live, I lose! It's goten to the point where its no longer variance or sample size. There is something wrong with my live game. Tonight, I think I figured out what it is. At least, I found out what one thing is. Here we go...

I play a lot of NL tourneys on stars, and some on party skins. My results are good to very good. I think I'm a decent and improving NL tourney player.

I played live NL for the first time tonight in a casino - the Trump in Gary, IN. I played the 'baby' NL table: 2/5 blinds, 200 max buyin. I came in from a must move table with 175, and proceeded to get blinded away while I waited for cards.

After a 200 rebuy and a few decent pots, I have a stack of about 400, maybe a hair over. I'm back to even.

I'm dealt A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in the CO. There is a limp from an EP, a MP and a LP player. I raise to 20. The MP and LP call. The pot is now 80, I think.

The flop comes A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Actually, I don't remember the heart cards, but I know they were rag hearts, and the flop looked pretty good for me other than the flush draw.

The MP player bets 60. I put him squarely on Ax, where x is < J, since he would have raised PF with AJ+. If he has a set, we're about to find out. The LP calls the 60. The pot now stands at 180, IIRC. I'm pretty confident that LP is on a draw. Otherwise, he would have rasied or folded at this point. There has been zero slowplaying tonight.

Ok, so let's stop the action here. What's hero's move?

I'll come back later and tell you what I did, why I think it was wrong, and what my revelation was.

Oh, here's some more info. Both opponents are good, not donks. Better than me, I think. MP might have me covered, but only by a little. LP has me covered by a lot. My image is tight I think.