I am an Idiot!

So I just donked off my whole stack in about 3 hands. I am so disappointed. I really played it poorly.

It was just a 5 dollar tourney on Full Tilt, but still...it did have about 600 players in it. We were down to 150 players left I was 5th in chips, and I think I busted in 144th. To go from 5th to out the door really stunk, but at the same time, it was my own fault.

Here is how it went down: Wait, it might help to know that 2 hands earlier I double some idiot up with my AK vs his A9. I may have been a little tilty for this hand. At any rate...I got moved to a new table. Maybe played one button round. The blinds were 100/200. I had about 14,000 (even after I doubled up Mr. A9). I am in the BB with a Q8. I know...don't laugh. I was trying to make a move. It folds all the way to the button. He makes it 600 to go (and was sitting on about 13,000). I remember he raised last button too. I just figured he was playing his position again. So, I was going to see if I could re-steal. Well the small blind (a shorter stack) flat calls the raise. I am thinking this is actually good for me. I see it as an opportunity to take the lead. My thought was raise it up, get the button out, and play it with just the SB since he really couldn't do too much damage to my stack.

I decide to make it 1800 to go. The button thinks for a minute and calls. The SB folds...pretty much the exact opposite of what I wanted to happen. The flop comes out 8 high rags. I decide to stab at it with top pair. I bet out about 3/4 the pot, somewhere around 3500. The button thinks for about 2 seconds and re raises me, a smaller raise. As soon as this happens bells go off! I am thinking 10's. It makes since that he might play 10's that way. I know I should fold, but then the little maniac voice inside says, "push all in and make him fold."

I see my hand reaching for the mouse pad, my brain is saying fold, fold, fold, but I don't think the signal got to my hand fast enough. I had already clicked it. He calls and turns over JJ (a hand that plays out just like 10's in that spot).

Man I played it bad.

Mistakes:
1- Clicking the raise button pre-flop: I should have just let it go. I came into a hand with a player who could do some serious damage to my stack while I'm holding a sub-par hand . So what if he is stealing. There will be plenty of times to set him up later...or just steal from someone else.

2- Trying to run a bluff too early: I like to feel my tables out. Spot the weak players, the tight players, the maniacs, and then adjust my style to them individually. I didn't do that. I had been there for about 10 hands. You can't get information off of 10 hands. I had automatically figured he was stealing, but I couldn't have even told you what style of player he was.

3- Putting in that final re-raise: this had to have been the worst of the mistakes. I have bells going off in my head, I know I should fold, but I push it in instead. There is pretty much no excuse for that. I deserve exactly what I got.

4- I think I might have been a little tilty from the AK vs A9 hand. I would like to think I am not an easily tilted player, but for some reason that hand ticked me off.

Oh well.

Up to that point I was playing some good poker. I did have one lucky hand where I got a little to aggressive with AQ. I ran it into someones KK, but spiked an Ace. Other than that. I thought I was playing well. I got my money in good most every time, and was able to create maximum separation between my opponents and their chips.

Hopefully I'll not play like such an idiot next time. If I do...I am sure I'll get what I deserve, just like with this situation.

Thanks for listening to the ramble. I just needed to berate my play for a minute.

Man, I am a donkey!
Dawgfan98