LC: A new level

[Galwegian]

There is a nice article on the different levels of poker thinking in the November magazine. However, it occurred to me last night, while I was playing live NL200 at the local cardroom that there is another level that is not covered in that article. This level is especially prevalent in live games:

Player (about 300 behind) raises in LP and is called by the big blind who has him covered. Flop comes JJ2, check, check. Turn = another 2, small bet and call. River a 5, bet from small blind, raise from LP. The big blind goes into the tank for about 5 minutes about whether or not to call $10 for a $35 pot. Eventually he folds JT face up!!!!! Everyone at the table is stunned. He proceeds to explain that he was sure that his T kicker was no good. So, I introduce the "level 0 thinker" - he doen't even know what he has in his own hand.

Sorry for wasting your time, but I thought this was hilarious.