Pretty good hand

[Ugly Ed]

I'm making alot of post today. Thanks FTR and all for the help.

I had lost a hand to this guy earlier. About my 5th hand after sitting down. I had AJs bet 4$ preflop. He was only caller. Flop junk all numbers. I bet 4$. He calls. Turn 6. I bet 5$. He calls. River 3. I bet 5$ he calls. He wins show Q6o. He kept playing like this . Call almost anything, and always bet if no one else did.

I know this wasnt a very good play by me. I had thought that since he called my PreFlop raise. He had couple High cards, or small PP. Then with him just calling the rest . I didnt think he made a set. He had been playing like this as long as I had been at the table. Call almost anything, and always bet if no one else did.

From the play I learned he couldnt be pushed out of pots. I would have to wait until I had the nuts and try to take as much as I could from him. Little later I got this hand.

Game #1115353187 - (blinds $0.50/$1) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/26-15:17:15.2 (CST)
Table "Akamaru" (real money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: pjeter ($116.25 in chips)
Seat 2: dmibear ($98.00 in chips)
Seat 3: perhe ($20.00 in chips)
Seat 4: mrsheets7103 ($116.50 in chips)
Seat 5: sammy5154 ($34.00 in chips)
Seat 6: jspawn ($25.50 in chips)
Seat 7: mscdman ($250.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Ugly Ed ($112.25 in chips)
Seat 9: dumbo99 ($98.50 in chips)
Seat 10: my_gem ($89.00 in chips)
mscdman : Post Small Blind ($0.50)
Ugly Ed : Post Big Blind ($1)
perhe : Post ($1)
Dealing...
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ 8s ]
Dealt to Ugly Ed [ As ]
dumbo99 : Fold
my_gem : Fold
pjeter : Call ($1)
dmibear : Fold
perhe : Check
mrsheets7103: Fold
sammy5154: Call ($1)
jspawn : Fold
mscdman : Call ($0.50)
Ugly Ed : Check
*** FLOP *** : [ Jh 9s Qs ]
mscdman : Check
Ugly Ed : Check
pjeter : Check
perhe : Bet ($1)
sammy5154: Fold
mscdman : Fold
Ugly Ed : Call ($1)
pjeter : Call ($1)
*** TURN *** : [ Jh 9s Qs ] [ 6s ]
Ugly Ed : Check
pjeter : Check
perhe : Check
*** RIVER *** : [ Jh 9s Qs 6s ] [ Kc ]
Ugly Ed : Bet ($5)
pjeter : Raise ($10)
perhe : Fold
Ugly Ed : Raise ($50)
pjeter : Raise ($90)
Ugly Ed : Raise All-in ($55.25)
pjeter : Call ($10.25)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $225.50 | Rake: $3
Board: [ Jh 9s Qs 6s Kc ]
pjeter lost $112.25 [ Ts 3h ] (a straight, nine to king)
dmibear didn't bet (folded)
perhe lost $2 (folded)
mrsheets7103 didn't bet (folded)
sammy5154 lost $1 (folded)
jspawn didn't bet (folded)
mscdman lost $1 (folded)
Ugly Ed bet $112.25, collected $225.50, net +$113.25 (showed hand) [ 8s As ] (a flush, ace high)
dumbo99 didn't bet (folded)
my_gem didn't bet (folded)
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[finky]

nice hand, well played

[bencathers]

If you bet on the turn, he probably was folding. Instead, you let him catch his straight on the river, have him try to bully you and then take a nice sized pot. Nice hand and good play

[Cocco_Bill]

I like to play my strong draws aggressively, it builds up the pot when I do hit and I will take down it down often when I don't improve. Here I would raise the flop and bet the turn. In this hand you are lucky that your opponent is a huge fish.
He should have just called your river bet if he had any clue.

[johnny_fish]

I'd checkraise the flop, weak bet at the turn. River plays itself.. Most stupid play of the day:

pjeter : Raise ($90)

[Ugly Ed]

Thanks, all. I had been having a real bad day. That hand brought me back up, rest of the day when much better after that.

I think what helped me win the bigger hand, and what helped make him reraise and then call my re reraise after the river. Was the play before where I had tried to push him out of the pot, and then lost it to him. He may have believed I didnt have anything. That makes me think. Would it be worth it to intentionally lose a hand, but keep the money amount kinda low? Just to try to make someone think that you will try to push ppl out of pots, when you dont hit. So that later when you do have a Nuts hand you could take a huge pot from them, by betting the same way, but more $? I think, although not intentional, that is what happened here. Maybe be better in a SNG where you know you will be playing the same ppl for awhile? So that you will have a better chance of making the second part of the play? Just a thought I had. What do you think?

[finky]

Never try to lose a hand, a better play is to show down big bluffs in the hope of getting action on your big hands,

STAGE #222701656: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $0.50 - 2005-11-10 09:55:14 (ET)
Table: KELLY DR. (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - F1NKY ($61.70 in chips)
Seat 3 - DJGOOFEY ($43.40 in chips)
Seat 4 - TS2004111 ($62.65 in chips)
Seat 5 - OINKENED ($114.36 in chips)
Seat 1 - SKALMAN5 ($160.26 in chips)
DJGOOFEY - Posts small blind $0.50
TS2004111 - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to F1NKY [10s 8s]
OINKENED - Calls $1
SKALMAN5 - Folds
F1NKY - Raises $4 to $4
DJGOOFEY - Folds
TS2004111 - Folds
OINKENED - Calls $3
*** FLOP *** [6s 4d 4h]
OINKENED - Bets $2
F1NKY - Calls $2
*** TURN *** [6s 4d 4h] [3s]
OINKENED - Bets $7
F1NKY - Raises $18 to $18
OINKENED - Calls $11
*** RIVER *** [6s 4d 4h 3s] [Ac]
OINKENED - Checks
F1NKY - All-In $37.70
OINKENED - Folds
F1NKY - returned ($37.70) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F1NKY - Shows [10s 8s] (One pair, fours)
F1NKY Collects $47.05 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($49.50) | Rake ($2.45)
Board [6s 4d 4h 3s Ac]
Seat 1: SKALMAN5 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: F1NKY (dealer) collected Total ($47.05) All-In HI$47.05) with One pair, fours [10s 8s - B:4h,B:4d,B:Ac,P:10s,P:8s]
Seat 3: DJGOOFEY (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: TS2004111 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: OINKENED Folded on the RIVER

Probably a dumb play, I new he had something but was not at all confident about it ot was worried about the A. He spent ages before folding the river but I showing down the bluff tilted him a bit and set up this beauty...

STAGE #222704130: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $0.50 - 2005-11-10 10:03:48 (ET)
Table: KELLY DR. (Real Money) Seat #7 is the dealer
Seat 7 - BEERITE ($135.35 in chips)
Seat 1 - SKALMAN5 ($170.26 in chips)
Seat 2 - F1NKY ($95.85 in chips)
Seat 3 - DJGOOFEY ($49.55 in chips)
Seat 4 - TS2004111 ($52.75 in chips)
Seat 5 - OINKENED ($69.76 in chips)
SKALMAN5 - Posts small blind $0.50
F1NKY - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to F1NKY [8d 8c]
DJGOOFEY - Calls $1
TS2004111 - Folds
OINKENED - Calls $1
BEERITE - Folds
SKALMAN5 - Calls $0.50
F1NKY - Checks
*** FLOP *** [10c 6h 8h]
SKALMAN5 - Checks
F1NKY - Bets $3
DJGOOFEY - Raises $6 to $6
OINKENED - Calls $6
SKALMAN5 - Folds
F1NKY - Raises $12 to $15
DJGOOFEY - Folds
OINKENED - Calls $9
*** TURN *** [10c 6h 8h] [2d]
F1NKY - Bets $67
OINKENED - All-In $53.76
F1NKY - returned ($13.24) : not called
*** RIVER *** [10c 6h 8h 2d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F1NKY - Shows [8d 8c] (Three of a kind, eights)
OINKENED - Shows[3s 8s] (One pair, eights)
F1NKY Collects $144.52 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($147.52) | Rake ($3)
Board [10c 6h 8h 2d 9h]
Seat 1: SKALMAN5 (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 2: F1NKY (big blind) won Total ($144.52) HI$144.52) with Three of a kind, eights [8d 8c - B:8h,P:8d,P:8c,B:10c,B:9h]
Seat 3: DJGOOFEY Folded on the FLOP