Made a similar mistake at DTD. George saw it unfold as he was stood behind me.
£1/2 cash game, I'm in the small blind with
and there's a straddle and about 5 callers. So I want to call as well and throw in a £1 chip and a £2 chip (blue) to go with the £1 already in there. Unfortunately, I threw in a £25 chip (black) instead of a £2 one.
I got two callers.
The flop came
- and that's not bad for my hand. Unfortunately, when the money flew in, one of the other callers had
and all George could say behind me was "sick, sick, so sick". I didn't argue.
In this case I fold by the way.