Blind vs. Blind Escalation

This seems to be a classic case of how a blind versus blind situation can escalate into a big pot. Each player believes the other one has crap and can be bluffed off his crap so the betting escalates. It becomes a question of who blinks first. In this hand, I did. :-(. I'm still not convinced he had anything, but he made it too expensive for me to find out.

Or, who knows, it's conceivable he had a 2. I'd like to think so, anyhow.

I didn't realize it at the time, but villain in this hand is a regular. A good thinking player should be able to deduce that I am very likely to have air here. I think I need to slow down with the automatic raises and c-bets in this kind of situation, at least against regulars at this level.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($67.00)
UTG+1		($20.50)
MP		($94.10)
CO		($111.40)
BTN		($31.60)
Hero		($103.20)
BB		($113.25)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 7 players) Hero is SB

5 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3

Flop: ($8, 2 players)
Hero bets $5, BB calls $5

Turn: ($18, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, BB raises to $24, Hero folds

Final Pot: $42

BB wins $51.95 ( won +$18.95 )
Hero lost -$21.00