Quote Originally Posted by hoaznod
river
-again 7 dollars i thought i smelled weakness so i reraised AI.
-i thought with either the straight possibility and a 2 pair possibility he would back down, even though it took him 30 seconds to call me, and right after he called he said that 'he was almost 100% sure he was beat'...yet he still called.

just wondering if my logic was horrible. even though i now know to reraise to see what the person has.
Your river logic is very very bad. You have one pair with a Q kicker. You said "I thought i smelled weakness so i reraised AI". Well, here's my question to you. Does weakness call that bet by you? You only want to go all in when you want someone to fold, or when you feel someone might call with a weaker hand. Clearly neither was the case here.

Essentially what you did is you put in an additional $38 dollars and said "Well if you have me beat take all my money, and if you don't then I make no return on it."

Taking a big risk with almost no expectation of reward is -EV.