Biggest mistake in my poker career

[ph_il]

I want him to fold and I want to take the pot so I go all-in. I know my hand on that flop is not too strong that's why I squeezed.. He might think I'm weak if it just a raise and outplay me because he got me totally covered.

It wasn't a squeeze play.

 

[PogHuk]

My mistake in the strategy is that I rarely bluffing.

 

[dabestman1]

if you're playing to be just to be in the money, you'' lose the majority of the time

 

[walluyo]

if you're playing to be just to be in the money, you'' lose the majority of the time

If that one was a big tournament buy finished in itm worth I think

 

[discintildeath]

Did you have any previous information on this guy? Is he a TAG or LAG player? One can assume hes not a complete donkey since getting that far in a decent size tournament. What in your mind made you think you were ahead?

 

[James_Moria]

Do not worry! Treat this situation like a lesson for future games! Good luck!

 

[trent32la]

Which part was the biggest mistake?

Limping in with Ac5c w/ 20 BBs?
Calling 4x BB raise w/ only 20 BBs?
Jamming middle pair into PFR and no redraws?

LOL.

My exact thoughts.

If you are going to build a limping range in this spot off 20bb, it should be with a linear range of hands. That is, very strong hands such as AQ+/TT+ and hands that play well postflop and you can defend against a non-allin raise with, such as 98s, T8s, J9s, 87s. Regardless, having any type of limping range here requires specific table dynamics and the blinds need to be attacking limps at a high frequency. A hand such as A5s which isn't good enough to r/c or l/c plays better as a 2-2.5x raise here.

No clue what you're trying to accomplish by 2x pot shoving the flop, are you merging to look weak and induce a call from AQ/AK or something lol? Wishful thinking if so as A5 doesn't need a lot of protection vs your opponent's checking range and is never getting called by worse. Going 2x pot here is awful with any hand.

 

[BlackJesus]

There was no reason whatsoever to play like this and it had reasonable consequences.
But its not like you alone do mistakes like these. The only thing unique about you in this case might be the tournament buy-in price. Heck, who else has busted so foolishly in a tournament like that?