Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Hand 1: What's the opener's PFR? What'cha know about him? That really drives the play.

Hand 2: Lots of people know the play. Lots of people like to call and will for any reason they can find. Hence, you need to be careful here. Raising to $30 or $40 would have the same effect and not look so obvious. Also, I like to push sets on boards like this because I get called so darn often.

Perhaps your focus on super-aggression is making you a little more self-centered and focusing less on what your opponents are doing?
1: PFRer has been opening for 3x. I've been opening for 4x. I havn't bumped it up a second time preflop yet but I did fold to a preflop reraise from pat23 when I held QT. Nothing too unusual.

2: It's a bit of an unusual situation given my image so, to be perfectly honest, I'm a bit stumped about how to best play this flop. If I reraise to ~half my stack though, I'm in a very difficult situation being out of position with a lot of money invested if I miss the turn. I am trying to represent a very strong hand here though, so maybe an all-in is a bit extreme. *Shrugs* I dunno. Maybe I'll do some better thinking in the morning when I'm not so tired.

Perhaps your focus on super-aggression is making you a little more self-centered and focusing less on what your opponents are doing?
Perhaps. I can certainly pick my times to be agressive, but not to the point of being a maniac. Hand 1 I get it all-in with AK and a horrid table image against a half-stack. Hand 2 I get it all-in as a favorite. Right now I'm going to bed but I'll come back to this thread in the morning.