Played the Gothenburgh Spring poker week main event yesterday, and the following hand came up in level 4
Everybody started with 30k chips, level 4 was 150/300 with a 25 ante.
I had basically been folding for the entire first 3 levels, experiencing probably one of the longest stretches of dry cards so far in my poker playing career, and sitting at a loose and goofy table with players showing up with 52o in 3 bet pots at showdown etc, I was feeling a little frustrated.
I had my headphones, but the rulings in that casino turned out to be no headphones allowed, so this was also a little tilting.

So, the hand:
I have 32k,
I am UTG with J(h) 10(h) and I raise to 725
UTG+1 (25k) makes it 2300, UTG+2 (covers me) instantly calls and it’s folded to me.
Given my hands good flopability, I elect to call here for 1575 more.

The flop comes: K(h) Q(h) 4(c)
Basically I feel like I flopped the nuts after hours upon hours of folding.
And here is probably the first big mistake.
I check, UTG+1 bets 4600, UTG+2 calls, and I call getting 3,5:1

The turn is 7(c)
I check. UTG+1 shoves for about pot, 18.750 and UTG+2 tank calls.
Now, in this spot sitting here on my couch, this is a clear fold for me. However, tanked and called with what I figured was a 15 card out draw with about 29-30% chance of completing getting 3:1 odds and the prospects of being chip leader.
Several large errors here as far as I am concerned. First, many of my “outs” can be dirty outs, as one of my opponents could be drawing to a bigger flush, have a set, rendering the board pairing hearts as useless outs etc.
Second, why risk 60bb on a draw leaving me only 24bb behind if it misses? It’s a tourney with a good structure, and playing 84bb vs 24bb at this stage with these players is obviously more pluss ev than praying to hit my str8, flush, or straight flush.

However, in the heat of the moment I had a brain meltdown and called.
Even after taking time to think. I am still utterly disapointed with myself for this, almost to the point of thinking what am I doing even playing poker. 🙂

So this post is not a “please tell me what a stupid fish I am” but more a request as to what kind of mental preparation/study could you recommend to get past these brain meltdowns.

By the way, both the opponents had AK, one of the suited to clubs, and the river brought the backdoor club to knock out one of them. I obviously folded to the nuts’ shove on the river saving 7500 chips to whittle down and bust a few levels later.

Frode