Okay. This was a hand in which I took someone's stack because I felt I called their bluff and read them right. I'm playing as azimuth_gust at Pokerroom.com (can't wait to move to Party Poker).


Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #298,261,975
Table Cali, 28 Aug 2004 12:15 AM


Seat 1: mikeq ($34.60 in chips)
Seat 2: yammicat ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 3: losangelesmd ($23.10 in chips)
Seat 4: pr7 ($17.95 in chips)
Seat 5: azimuth_gust [ AC,JS ] ($25.60 in chips)
Seat 6: dollabilla1 ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 7: maxb11 ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 8: 053057 ($56.40 in chips)
Seat 10: googoose ($18.55 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
053057 posts blind ($0.10), googoose posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
mikeq folds, yammicat calls $0.25, losangelesmd folds, pr7 folds, azimuth_gust bets $0.50,
dollabilla1 folds, maxb11 folds, 053057 folds, googoose folds, yammicat calls $0.25.

FLOP [board cards 3D,8D,AS ]
yammicat checks, azimuth_gust bets $2, yammicat bets $15, azimuth_gust calls $13.

TURN [board cards 3D,8D,AS,9D ]
yammicat bets $6.65 and is all-in, azimuth_gust calls $6.65.

RIVER [board cards 3D,8D,AS,9D,2S ]


SHOWDOWN
yammicat shows [ 8S,KC ], a pair of 8s
azimuth_gust shows [ AC,JS ], a pair of Aces
azimuth_gust wins $42.45.

SUMMARY
Dealer: maxb11
Pot: $44.65 | Rake: $2.20
mikeq loses $0
yammicat loses $22.15
losangelesmd loses $0
pr7 loses $0
azimuth_gust bets $22.15, collects $42.45, net $20.30
dollabilla1 loses $0
maxb11 loses $0
053057 loses $0.10
googoose loses $0.25

Okay. I decided to raise pre-flop because I wanted to see where my hand stood against other people. No one reraised me. I felt either people were on a draw, or had weak pair.

On the flop, I over bet the pot with my pair of aces. While I was a little bit worried that someone may have a higher kicker, based on what was going on preflop, I felt I had a strong hand. I also was going to make sure no one drew a flush on me for cheap.
Yammicat decides to check-raise me, which I found very very odd. I didn't feel he had anything.
The turn comes out and he goes all-in. I guess he either made the flush (which I didn't believe), or he was trying to bluff. I called him in response.
I later found out he was holding K8o vs my AJo.

Did I play the guy right? Did I play my hand correctly?

I just know that I could never do anything like this in table stakes. (I get tired of having really good hands and then getting a bad river card.
Your comments are appreciated.