The first was similar to the situation the other night, only tonight I was drinking more, and my judgement was clouded. I got trapped between two people who had trips and I had an open-ended straight draw (KT with a JJQ flop). Every time I called, I had odds. But finally one guy decided to push and it was $13 for me to call. There was $30.30 in the pot. Assuming that the guy to act after me was going to push, it would be $18 to call with $48 in the pot. Now with all that raising and re-raising going on, it didn’t seem like anyone actually had the boat. I figured trip Jacks, Queens and Jacks, another draw, or a flopped straight. I should have called. To punish me for my bad choice, the poker gods bestowed a 9 on the turn.

The second was pretty damn stupid. Someone raised to $4 before the flop from UTG. As soon as I raised to $14 with JJ from MP1, I knew I had done something stupid. The difference between $4 and $14 to someone with a competitive hand was not going to be great. This was not a tournament. The button pushed, making it $20 to call. Then I did another stupid thing and called. My jacks got assraped. Yep. UTG had pocket eights, so I was right to challenge him, but my raise just dug a big hole for me that I couldn’t resist going into head first. Blargh.

Eventually I had to rebuy and made my way back to even with a flopped boat (AK with AAK flop) against JJ and A2. Still sucks to lose my previous winnings and potential winnings with bonehead play, though.