Worst call in poker ever, HU in MTT

LARSON7

This is one of the worst decisions I've ever made on a river.

Clearly top pair was never any good here. The timebar was at almost at 0, is there ever any justification for calling this massive over bet?

Literally, the time bar was going and I was thinking fold, and at the last second I called.

pkdabear11Small blind 3000.003000.00294799.25LARSON7Big blind 6000.009000.00270200.75 Your hole cards8A   pkdabear11Raise 9000.0018000.00285799.25LARSON7Call 6000.0024000.00264200.75Flop  1079   LARSON7Check    pkdabear11Bet 12000.0036000.00273799.25LARSON7Call 12000.0048000.00252200.75Turn  A   LARSON7Check    pkdabear11Bet 18000.0066000.00255799.25LARSON7Call 18000.0084000.00234200.75River  K   LARSON7Check    pkdabear11All-in 255799.25339799.250.00LARSON7All-in 234200.75574000.000.00pkdabear11Unmatched bet 21598.50552401.5021598.50pkdabear11ShowJ8   LARSON7Show8A   pkdabear11WinStraight to the Jack

hhyftrftdr

What makes it even worse is that you hold the Ah

LARSON7

lol on the shandies again?

hhyftrftdr

Yes

hhyftrftdr

I'm a City fan. I shower in champagne.

Erm I might have misread the board, but yes this can never be a call really. Intrigued to know what swayed you into calling...

LARSON7

It was 4 hours into the game, quite intensive ft, I levelled myself into thinking it was an overbet bluff for a nice pot heads up.

That was a bit of silliness on my part! This was never a bluff here. Fatigue is the best answer I suppose lol I was 1 minute from the break as well.