Money I Didn't Need to Lose

One recurring problem is that I make a plan and then can't follow through with it. Commonly a situation where I decide I'll fold to more action morphs into a call and pray plan.

FW 1/2 nl. Table is very prone to pre-flop overbetting, there is a european guy on my right with over 1,,000$ that overbets a lot with rags but isn't in this hand.

A few limps, the "hijack" raises to 20$, euro folds, I look down at JJ on the button. The pfr seems to be a typical young player who learned on the net, so I don't know too much yet. He has about 400, I have about 250$. I call, one of the limpers calls.


Flop 64$. 10 4 5, two diamonds, I have the Jd. check, he bets 45$ and I??

don't like it. the problem with this huge pfr game is that you feel commited on the flop. I guess you can sit around and wait for big hands but there is a time charge and the game was pretty F%ing slow.

I min raised to 90$, the limper folds. My plan was to raise to gain information.

The kid stares me down and starts talking and joking. I tried to keep a str8 face but I couldn't. I let loose a giggle and said "cut it out". Me being happy was supposed to make him think that I had a set, it didn't.

He shoves all in. An over pair of JJ is not very good in this situation and the plan was to fold.

But: 64$ preflop, +90 from both of us on the flop, + 150ish more to put me all in = 394$ vs my 150 to call. 2.6:1 hmmm, I guess the odds were roughly what I eyeballed them at, I am bad at doing math at the table.

But 2.6:1 isn't much when you probably have 2 outs. I didn't have to pay that last bet but I did.

He had QQ. and won. as it came 4, K.

Calling down the flop doesn't change much. I should have stuck with my plan of jettisoning to a 3rd raise.

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I went on tilt after that, somewhat. I rebought and two hands later I called a 17$ raise pf with 9h7h, (6 way) and then called off another 240$ with a str8-flush draw, Jh 10h 4c board against someone with a black AJ. blank-blank I mucked without showing and everyone thought I was a donkey for calling so quickly when I couldn't beat top pair. I fled in disgrace.