Mixing it up with 85s

[feelixthegreek]

That's where I thought my biggest mistake was, not raising big enough on the flop once I committed myself to the hand. My thinking at the time was leaving enough behind for a turn bluff. I was expecting passivity on the turn, so his lead out surprised me. I could have gotten away had I not paired up on the turn, which more than priced me in.

The other mistake may be playing the hand at all, but since the effective stacks were $400 and not $200, it seemed like a good time to go LAG.