This is my first confession. I'm not sure where I get absolution for these sins, so I have come to you, my brethren at bet the pot.

I played $100 NL at Bodog last night. I noticed the fishies were SWARMING that game. Tons of tables are running and they are all full of idiots.

I spent the whole night taking notes on how badly they were playing. And I didn't notice that I was playing just as badly as any of them.

Here are my sins:

I limped AA UTG+2. After preflop went unraised, I did bet the pot on the flop, but I called all-in from a half stack on the turn with a board of 2789. He had 89.

I check-raised with [4s] from the BB on a board of [3d][5d]. Opponent had half a stack. He called my flop checkraise and pushed the turn after I bet into him, and I called chasing my straight but he had A4 for the flopped straight and nut flush draw.

I called all-in from shortstacks on the flop three times chasing my flush. I did not have odds to chase any of them. (None of them hit.)

I checked on the button with a flopped set of 4s on a board of [6h][4d]. I bet the turn and got a call from a guy chasing his flush draw -- my flop check let him see the turn card for free. Then I paid him off for 1/2 pot when the flush came on the river.

Throw in some folding of the best hand a few times (most memorable: I had JT and the board came J44 and there was a bet and a raise in front of me so I folded the flop -- they were on J5 and A9 bluffing), and some typical cards-not-going-the-right-way, and I blew through more than 200 bucks. Not a huge deal in terms of buy-ins, but it hurts to think about.

I think I have about a thousand hours of penance to do for this.

You are forgiven my son. Just say 1,000,000 Hail Marys.

Hey Tetsuo, I believe that its 1,000,000 hail Doyles when it comes to getting forgiveness from the poker gods.