Full Tilt Poker Game #6932585211: $10 + $1 Sit & Go (52684643), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:13:27 ET - 2008/06/22
Seat 1: UpFifty (6,635)
Seat 2: Dild Oreilly (710)
Seat 3: JFUSCALDO (3,360)
Seat 9: gwh1341 (2,795)
JFUSCALDO posts the small blind of 120
gwh1341 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gwh1341 [Qd Kh]
UpFifty calls 240
Dild Oreilly folds
JFUSCALDO folds
gwh1341 checks
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2d Qs]
gwh1341 checks
UpFifty bets 240
gwh1341 calls 240
*** TURN *** [Kc 2d Qs] [5s]
gwh1341 has 15 seconds left to act
gwh1341 bets 850
UpFifty calls 850
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2d Qs 5s] [2s]
gwh1341 bets 1,465, and is all in
UpFifty calls 1,465
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gwh1341 shows [Qd Kh] two pair, Kings and Queens
UpFifty shows [8s 9s] a flush, Queen high
UpFifty wins the pot (5,710) with a flush, Queen high
gwh1341 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,710 | Rake 0
Board: [Kc 2d Qs 5s 2s]
Seat 1: UpFifty showed [8s 9s] and won (5,710) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: Dild Oreilly (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: JFUSCALDO (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: gwh1341 (big blind) showed [Qd Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens

Oh man, where to start with this hand. First of all, I'm extra pissed by this blowup because of the shorty just itching to go out. That's the main reason for my check preflop. I figured unless I hit the flop I would just let it go given the short stack.

So I hit the flop, and here's where it gets ugly. Big stack bets the min, given the strength of my hand and the rainbow flop, I just call. Right after clicking the call button, I wanted to take it back. With the short stack (3BB) hanging on for dear life, there is absolutely no reason to get tricky with this hand. I should have raised to 750 right there and gotten the hand over with. Instead, my call let the flush draw develop and my bet on the turn didn't get him out. I don't know why I pushed the river, just a stupid blow up I guess.

I think the main mistake was calling the flop bet hoping to extract value. On the bubble with a 3BB stack in play, I should have been content to take the pot down and move on to busting the bubble. Trying to get tricky to get more chips in the pot is what I should be doing with the shorter stacks, not the big stack. I thought I had a considerable edge on the remaining players, so going broke here was just inexcusable.

After kicking my self for this, I decided to post it because it illustrates the folly of messing around with the big stack on the bubble.