Originally Posted by makefuckingmoney

position is everything in nl holdem..

assuming you bet 3 times the blind and he went over the top..you still had 22k chips left..if avg stack was 8k..you made the bad move..reason being..YOU called his bet..you knew you were beaten but gambled..and lost..

you should have lived with your 22k and not have been short stacked..now if you had raised 8k with 15k total..obviously you gamble..but you werent really pot committed yet.