Home game.

Played in the home game tourney series again. Cashed and am now 4/4 cashing this year and lead in points. Very lucky to survive KK>AA aipf early (sorry, Rob).

I feel like I played very well. Made some good bluffs, good laydowns, got value, etc. But, I really just wanted to talk about one hand.

Almost the first break. I'm sitting on around 30k at 200/400. I look down at J7cc. Easy fold a majority of the time, but a good spot. I make it 1200 EP. Two calls, sb jams for 6600. So, it's 5400 to win 10400 to me. I could fold, but if it's HU it's probably a call. I feel like I'm getting the right price against his range. So, for 20% of my stack in a good spot (knock a player out, gamble for big chiplead, image, etc.). The problem is I can't call and play an empty side with this hand. I think it through, and decide neither of the others can reasonably have calling hands against my jam after just calling my initial raise. I jam. He has AKo and wins.

Both he and another player at the table guffaw (repeatedly through break and after) at my gift. Nice guys, but I think wrong here. I fight my ego and don't correct them, but feel like in general they shouldn't really critique a play as bad just because they don't understand it. Yep, horrible play and horrible ego. I'll just keep working.