Regret

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Note: This post has zero analytic content. It is about regret.

I typically don't get hung up about passing a hand and then seeing a flop that would have hit me big. Or folding when the odds don't merit a call and then seeing one of my outs come. My indifference is one of my few strengths.

However, this one got under my skin a little bit:

Omaha Hi $0.50-$1 PL (real money), hand #743,xxx,xxx
Table Sioux City, 18 Mar 2005 09:58 PM

Seat 1: CO ($68.25 in chips)
Seat 4: hero [3D,8C,3C,8S] ($106.25 in chips)
Seat 5: SB ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 8: BB ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 9: UTG ($75.50 in chips)
Seat 10: UTG+1 ($31 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
SB posts blind ($0.25), BB posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
UTG bets $1.75, UTG+1 calls $1.75, CO calls $1.75, hero calls $1.75, SB calls $1.50, BB calls $1.25.

FLOP [board cards 4H,6C,4D ]

I'd like this flop better if both my pairs were overs, but oh well.

SB checks, BB bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $0.50

So one of these guys obviously hit the flop, perhaps even in a big way, but if he wants to charge only $0.50 for another card, I'll take him up.

hero calls $0.50, SB bets $1, BB bets $1, UTG calls $1, CO calls $1

Oh great. So now we have a low-scale bidding war. This may not end well. Best case scenario is I call the extra dollar and then get my 8 on the turn. And even then someone might have pocket 4s. (Be careful what you wish for, and all that.) Worst case scenario, one of these guys wises up and starts jamming the pot before I even get to see another card. So....

hero folds

And it's done. I'm happy with my decision. All is well.

SB bets $1, BB calls $0.50, UTG calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50.

TURN [board cards 4H,6C,4D,8H ]

Ah crap.

To make a long story less long, SB had pocket 6's and won a $51.50 pot. And now that I'm reviewing the hand, I see that the pot wasn't going to get much bigger: SB started with only $24.25, and his main foe held just a straight with no chance of improvement (???). So there wasn't as much to be won as I thought.

Huh. This writing stuff is very therapeutic.