If anyone remembers the post I made about “My Aims” you might remember that one of them was to “… fold when my cards are beat”.

Sounds simple right? It should be, but if it was would I still be making stupid plays like this one?

Middle position, dealt:

:Ad::Qd:

and I raise it up 3X, the button and BB both call and we see a flop:

:Kd::Td::Kc:

The BB checks, I bet half the pot, the button flat calls and the BB folds. At this point I’m nearly 100% sure that my remaining opponent has the king. We see the turn card:

I hit the nut flush and bet the pot. He calls. The river:

He’s hit his full house… I know it, he knows it, everyone at the table knows it (except they still think I have also). So instead of the correct (although very weak and unfortunate) “check”, I decide on the much more stupid but 100 times more manly “All-In” (for what remains of my now very small stack). He calls and does indeed hold the full house.

Folding the nut flush is hard, but it’s stupid play like this that’s costing me money and making me look like a fool. It’s a big leak in my game and although I guess I’m some of the way towards fixing it by admitting to it… now I have to go all the way and stop doing it!