You be the judge.

Which is the title of a rather amusing, but sometimes cruel, feature in The Bridge World where the goal is to assign responsibility for some monumental cock up at the bridge table.

Not quite so monumental here, but the questions are: at which points, and how, would you have played this hand differently; if mistakes were made, which was the biggest one? Points at which ‘you’ made a decision are shown in italics.

Cash game, NLHE, you and your opponent both start with about 100BB.In the big blind, you hold A♦J♦. A tight aggressive player in MP opens with a standard 3.5BB pot sized raise.

You call, and the two of you take the flop heads up.

Flop is J♥4♠2♣. You have not seen your opponent play a huge number of hands, but he has always taken action on the flop playing heads up after being the preflop aggressor.

You check. Your opponent bets 5BB, about 2/3 of the pot, which has been his standard bet in this position, sometimes as a continuation bet, sometimes with strength.

You call. Turn is 6♠. You check, and your opponent bets 10BB at the 17BB pot. You call.

River is the K♠. You check, and your opponent, overbetting the pot slightly goes all in. You call.

Final question: which of the two players in this hand made the bigger mistake(s)?