Playing a hand badly and knowing it.

[Penguinfan]

Are you ever in the process of playing a hand, know as soon as you take action it was the wrong action, continue on with the hand and smash your face into the windshield reguardless?

I swear, like twice it has happened that I really belive my brain just shut down and I went into auto-pilot, or auto-crash as the case may be.

Still trying to win my $200+16 seat and in a 28 player game, 3 players get seats and one gets $24. Down to 6 players and I get KQs one off the button, make a 3x raise to 1800 (I have about 9500 which sits me in 4th place), the BB just calls. Now I know he did not call without an Ace in his hand, it has to be a weak Ace or I would have got played back at, that has been his pattern.

Flop is AQ7, he bets the minimum and I raise to 1200, he calls, I know he has a weak Ace and I had a chance to push him off of it and didn't. 3 on the turn and he bets 1200, I call, who the hell calls here?!??! Raise or fold, but don't call for God's sake.

River brings another Ace, now he bets 2000 and like a jackass I call with my useless top two pair, he shows A6.

Problem is I knew I was beat the whole way and still played the hand like it was my first time at the table.

Ever happen to anyone else?