One of my BIGGEST leaks is not slowing down when there's a big pot and I have a big hand. I rarely if ever stop to think how far behind I may actually be. This also illustrates the NL Principle of Be careful not to get broke in an unraised pot.
Paradise .05/.1 NL I have $30 and I'm on the button with 3s4s. I limp in for $.10.
Flop 34K rainbow. It's checked around to the second biggest stack in MP. He has just under $20 in front of him. He leads out for $.40, and two players call between us. I re-raise it to $2, MP flat calls, the other players fold. I'm a little uneasy here, thinking I may be behind. I'm almost prepared to fold the turn without giving a single thought to what his hand might be. As cruel poker fate would have it, the turn was another 4. I filled in and all common sense went out the window. I played like a fuckin amateur, concentrating only on my cards and not what he might have. He leads on the turn for $2, I raise it up making for a $10 pot going into the river. I don't remember what the river was, but he bet $4 on the river. Without even giving it a second thought I set him all in, figuing I would quit after this hand with a healthy profit. He called and there was nearly $40 in the pot.
Before I knew what hit me, the chips were sliding away from me. What the fuck? I looked at his cards. K4 offsuit for crying out loud. He made fours full of kings and I was back down to $10.
I was steamed to say the least. The only smart thing I did was to quit playing after that hand. On the bright side of things, I still finished the session up $2. The past few days have been a string of bad beats, suckouts, and tilt induced loose calls, I think I need to take a few days off from poker. Seems like everytime I break someone, I turn around and get AA and give it all away to some moron who goes all-in pre flop with 36s and catches a flush, or someone who hits their miracle draw on the river.
