Originally Posted by PokerPatNEU
Guessing his kicker isn't really a read, just a guess, but still funny and i have a similar story.
I was playing a noobish cousin over thanksgiving break, and made a relatively average for the table sized pre flop raise of 4BB with QQ from MP. He called me from the SB. Flop is something like 238 rainbow, all lower than Q. He checks, i bet, he calls. Turn is another blank, 6 or 9 or something. He checks, i bet 1/2 the pot, he calls again. River is an A, he goes all in with what is about a pot sized bet. About 2/3rds of my chips are in the pot at this point. I know i have lost the hand but if i fold I am pretty much screwed. I tell him i know what he is holding and if i'm wrong that he can have the rest of my chips, but if i'm right I have to give him the pot. He (stupidly) agreed. I guessed A5o and was right on the ball, i take down the pot.
I knew it was lower than AT or i would ahve expected a reraise pre flop. I knew he didn't hit a pair on the flop or he would have bet it. That left me with Ax where x could be only 3 different low cards. I looked at it as taking a 2:1 gamble against, getting 5:1 odds (the pot had 5x my remainign stack) and it paid off :D. Nh cousin!