why does hollywooding work so well?

[edudlive]

PokerStars Game #2663554703: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2005/09/26 - 03:10:24 (ET)
Table 'Pyrrhus IV' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: mhxkp012 ($17 in chips)
Seat 5: edudlive ($39.05 in chips)
Seat 6: soberc ($24.25 in chips)
mhxkp012: posts small blind $0.10
edudlive: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to edudlive [Ah 9h]
soberc: calls $0.25
mhxkp012: calls $0.15
edudlive: checks
*** FLOP *** [5h Qh 3c]
mhxkp012: checks
edudlive: bets $0.25
soberc: calls $0.25
mhxkp012: folds
*** TURN *** [5h Qh 3c] [9c]
edudlive: bets $0.25
soberc: calls $0.25
*** RIVER *** [5h Qh 3c 9c] [2h]
edudlive: bets $0.75
soberc: raises $0.75 to $1.50
here I used like 20 seconds of my time bank before pushing
edudlive: raises $36.80 to $38.30 and is all-in
soberc: calls $22 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
edudlive: shows [Ah 9h] (a flush, Ace high)
soberc: mucks hand
edudlive collected $47.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $48.75 | Rake $1
Board [5h Qh 3c 9c 2h]
Seat 4: mhxkp012 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: edudlive (big blind) showed [Ah 9h] and won ($47.75) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: soberc (button) mucked [8h Th]


It seems everytime I hollywood my monsters, I get a call. Why is that? They think I'm unsure?

[dsaxton]

Probably because he also had a flush.

[Rondavu]

Probably because he also had a flush.

Lmao. Ya think?

[PokerPatNEU]

If he called with two pair it would be interesting though.

[edudlive]

Probably because he also had a flush.

This isn't the best example, it is only the latest. It seems to work against TPTK quite well too.

[DaNutsInYoEye]

Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25)

Because people are idiots. Simple as that.

[Kiriath]

Because people are idiots. Simple as that.

what he said ^^

[TalentedTom]

Thats also a big enough bet to be a bluff, people seem to get a lot of joy calling down a bluff even though they may only be right 1% of the time, they will have a story to tell their friends.