$22 Tough call - Ax with flush draw

[Dirksqjaw]

Not that it really effects the discussion at all but for the curious, he pushed with 26o (no hearts) and I stacked him, but the hand was really bugging me like a split second after I called him, given that even if I was ahead, he could have outdrawn me and ended my run at the money, which would have sucked since the shorties were almost out anyway. However, having those chips really put me into nice position to take 1st. Thus why I agonized over it.

I'm trying to reign in my calling discipline on the bubble and was thinking this may be one of my many leaks. I tend to make too many coinflippish calls on the bubble, when instead I should be the aggressor and not the caller. Put that decision on someone else, right?

This guys play and chipstack really screwed up my bubble game, though. He'd call with damn near anything it seemed, even despite my 3% pfr stats and never losing a showdown image. I rely a lot on FE in these situations and it freaks me out when people don't do what I want them to do :P.

The check raise was bad, I agree. Hindsight, and all that. There really is no reason to get fancy.

I feel like I still have a long way to go, thanks again for the replies. One step at a time, right?

Cheers,

-Dirk