So I won my way into the $2k bracelet race on Full Tilt. After 2 orbits of solid poker (lol!) I got into a race I never should have.
Here's the layout of the hand. I'm in late position with JJ and do a standard pre-flop raise of 3xBB of 120. Folds around to villian in the BB, who fires a second shell with 2.5x my raise of 300. I call. Pot is 620.
Flop 4c 9h 7c. Villian pot bets, which i raise to 1800, leaving me with 1100 behind. I'm committed at this point. Villian comes back over the top with a push and I call. Villian flips over QQ, and suddenly I'm a huge dog. Turn and river provide no help and I'm done after just 22 hands.
So where did I blow this one? Maybe I should have been suspect with the PFR. Or getting pot committed with just JJ. So who was wrong here? Yes, I think I was certainly was in the wrong. But what if I had KK or AA? Or even worse, a set? Of course I could have been facing same said hands, too.
In the end, I can't lay any blame for my poor play on my opponent. I pushed my own chips and I own that. But I certainly could have easily won that race instead of losing it. I'm going to have to force myself not to get committed like that.
I must have been in SnG mode as I played that hand. Lol.
