OK, lets make this simpler to understand...not that I think youre trying to.

Lets say you call a raise with 44. Theres another caller.

Flop comes 842. Raiser bets and you misclick and fold. The other caller raises and they get all in.

Showdown comes and they have 88 and JJ.

Are you more likely to be pissed that you made a stupid mistake by folding thus costing you XX amount of EV against the ranges of these 2 guys....or are you more likely to be happy that you saved 100BBs when the hand was set up for you to get stacked had you played properly?

I'm not lying...I'd honestly be upset that I folded.

We make our decisions based on the information available...you don't judge something as right/wrong AFTER you know what they have...folding is very obviously a HUGE mistake here, regardless of what they have given their range(s).

Third day of the main event and you've been playing great, probably the best poker in your life. You've got the second biggest chip stack in the whole tournament, more than double that of the third place. After a break you get a new table and find yourself on the immediate right of the chip leader, an unknown Asian 28 year old amateur who works in a convenience store. He only has a slight chip advantage of you though.

He seems very active, playing a lot of hands aggressively but you haven't seen him show down anything yet. The announcer lets everyone know that hand-by-hand play is in effect since there's only a few places left until the bubble.

You're in the SB and it is folded to the Asian on the button. He makes his standard raise to 4bb. You look down and see AA, and make a re-raise to 14bb. He tanks for a while, then announces he is all-in. You beat him into the pot and fist-pumps as you get out of your chair, flipping your Aces over.

He looks at your Aces and sheepishly turns over [4h].

"I thought you were bluffing", he says.

Flop is a bunch of rags, J 6 2 rainbow. After this hand you will have a huge chip-lead, almost 5 times the amount of chips as the well known pro currently in 3:d place. You could most likely just fold your way to the final table for a guaranteed $1.000.000 and some TV-time.

Dealer burns a card and deals the turn, it is the . Asian guy who was sitting with his head in his hands gets more interested. Now he's looking nervous and staring at the board.

Dealer burns another card and deals the river. It's the and the Asian has just made two-pair cracking your Aces. He's out of his chair, jumping up and down and screaming. You're suddenly out of the tournament, two places from the money.


BK feels... what? Happy he made the right decision? Walks off with a smile and no regrets knowing he just made a fortune in Sklansky Bucks?