Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing

I stole the title of this post from a song by Chris Isaak that I like a lot. There are certain things in poker you should never do. Of course, you won't be able to avoid doing them at times. More likely than not, you'll only realize you did something wrong after the fact. In such cases, all you can do is tell yourself, "Baby, I did a bad bad thing" :-)

The bad bad thing I did in the final sit and go I played last night was to go to war with the chip leader when we were down to three handed play and I had a very decent-sized stack. Here are the details: at the start of hand 50, I had 2,360 of the chips in play, the chip leader had 2,990, and the short stack had 650. I was dealt 6s Ah, and the flop came Ad 7h 5h. The chip leader bet 450, I called, and the short stack folded. The turn was 6c. The chip leader bet 1,350, I raised 410 to go all in, and the chip leader called. The river was 9s. The chip leader turned over Ac 7c, and I hit the rail.

I ran the numbers, and that's my most disappointing third place finish ever, based on my percentage of the chips in play at the start of the final hand (a sizeable 39.33). All I needed to do was concentrate on beating the short stack; if I'd done that, I would've had an excellent chance of making at least second place money.

buy_in entry players hands place winnings

 44000  6000       6    34     4        0
 44000  6000       6    79     2    92400
 44000  6000       6    38     5        0
 44000  6000       6    50     3        0

delta: $-107,600
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $4,251,400
balance: $12,293,204