I like the way i played this hand

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Started at 24/Mar/05 19:12:09

Donjon71 is at seat 0 with $17.15.
funkybunch is at seat 1 with $3.89.
lbige is at seat 2 with $9.80.
hisbetterhalf is at seat 3 with $2.50.
Lankforever is at seat 4 with $10.
Cpt_kK is at seat 5 with $11.90.
hype6 is at seat 6 with $18.65.
angel_sparks is at seat 7 with $9.25.
koacr is at seat 8 with $10.25.
RHCNNN is at seat 9 with $6.30.
The button is at seat 0.

funkybunch posts the small blind of $.05.
lbige posts the big blind of $.10.

Donjon71: -- --
funkybunch: -- --
lbige: -- --
hisbetterhalf: -- --
Cpt_kK: -- --
hype6: -- --
angel_sparks: -- --
koacr: -- --
RHCNNN: Ah 4h

Pre-flop:

hisbetterhalf folds. Cpt_kK folds. hype6 folds.
angel_sparks folds. koacr calls. RHCNNN calls.
Donjon71 folds. funkybunch calls. lbige raises to
$.45. koacr calls. RHCNNN calls. funkybunch
folds.

Flop (board: As Td 8d):

lbige bets $1.20. koacr folds. RHCNNN raises to
$2.40. lbige re-raises to $8.65. RHCNNN goes all-in
for $5.85. lbige is returned $2.80 (uncalled).

Turn (board: As Td 8d 5d):

(no action in this round)


River (board: As Td 8d 5d 3h):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

lbige shows 9c 9s.
lbige has 9c 9s As Td 8d: a pair of nines.
RHCNNN shows Ah 4h.
RHCNNN has Ah As Td 8d 5d: a pair of aces.


Hand #4941226-4898 Summary:

$.65 is raked from a pot of $13.15.
RHCNNN wins $12.50 with a pair of aces.
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Okay before I get torn into for playing A4, let me explain myself.
The initial preflop call was because they were suited and I will look
for a flush draw if I can limp with them. Honestly calling the raise may have been kind of loose and I called partly out of boredom.
On the flop the guy bets the size of the pot, and I raised him because to me it smelled like an underpair worried about the ace and trying to push the others out. I'm not sure why I drew that conclusion, but maybe cuz thats how I bet sometimes when there's an over card to my pair. So I reraised him, and he went all in.
I called because I still felt like my pair of aces was good. Although I might not be able to articulate it well, I just really read him as having an underpair because thats how I used to stubbornly play when an overcards came when i held a lower pair.

Do you like my read/play here or not?

Fold preflop.

Run with your read, though I think it's a bit silly.

-'rilla

fold to the pre flop raise.
fold on the flop,

Good job on proving me wrong.
My jaw dropped open when I saw you called the all in.

The only thing I liked about how this was played was that you got the pot in the end. Follow this guy around if you can. Looks like he's paying well.

Okay, let me rephrase myself, it was not a sound play. And to be calling/raising with the ace rag is normally unprofitable, but I was pretty damn sure he had the underpair, and in this situation my hand was good.
Now I look back on it the raise may have indeed signified a strong ace, protecting from the 2 diamonds on the board, so maybe I was just lucky that my "read" was correct.