I Got Muffed!!!

AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH

Got muffed last night..... had that sinking feeling when you feel you're behind in the hand but your cards are good and you know you're gonna call........

I got dealt KK, the second best starting hand in poker. Unfortunately second best means winning f*ck all and probably means you're gonna lose your stack.

There started off with 4 people in the hand and myself and the guy to my right were raising each other at every opportunity before the flop. He was a decent player and I knew this so when he re-raised all in for $92 I instinctively knew he had the aces. There I am though looking at the cowboys and no cards on the table and only a 0.5% chance that he has been dealt AA. Well statistically there's a 0.5% chance but from all the raising that's gone on I know that there's probably an 80% chance that he has the aces.....

Still I couldn't stop myself from calling... not with this hand..... I've managed to fold big hands before in this kind of situation. I could have folded and walked away from the hand having only lost about $10 which is about as good a loss as possible in this situation.

Unfortunately I played it like an idiot... called... and lost to his aces..... Until then I'd been doing well and had $80 after starting with $50.

This puts me on $44.83 in the account which means the net total is £-229.71.

Errrrrrrrr aren't you supposed to be getting nearer to break even?.... errrrrrr yeah...... f*ck off!

Tomorrow's another day and a valuable lesson has been learnt. Listen to your poker brain!... If you get that sinking feeling before you're hitting the call button then don't... save it, walk away and return for the next hand instead.