Tight starting card selection; aggressive post flop play
 

Here's why you don't play passively in LHE after the flop. I was ready to lay down to a raise on the flop, but this guy just called, leaving the door open for me.

I had a feeling he had KK, but the pause he made on the flop (almost timed out) made me sure a bet on the turn could fold him out.

He told me he had KK right after I showed the QQ on his fold.


***** Hand History for Game 1640461455 *****
3/6 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Thu Feb 24 10:09:46 EST 2005
Table Table 13119 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: daman1010 ( $156)
Seat 2: PShabi ( $132)
Seat 3: PTasstmngr ( $142)
Seat 4: TumTum2563 ( $64.75)
Seat 5: Frelled ( $109)
Seat 6: k2ps__ ( $229.5)
Seat 7: Drainyou2 ( $198.5)
Seat 8: WIT2WIN ( $116.5)
Seat 9: twix0 ( $15<0)
Seat 10: rock270380 ( $92.5)
rock270380 posts small blind (1)
daman1010 posts big blind (3)
Drainyou2 posts big blind + dead (4)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to PShabi [ Qd, Qc ]
PShabi raises (6) to 6
PTasstmngr folds.
Frelled folds.
k2ps__ raises (9) to 9
Drainyou2 folds.
WIT2WIN folds.
rock270380 folds.
daman1010 folds.
PShabi raises (6) to 12
k2ps__ calls (3)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8s, Ah, 2s ]
PShabi bets (3)
k2ps__ calls (3)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 3c ]
PShabi bets (6)
k2ps__ folds.
** Su<mmary **
Main Pot: $42.5 | Rake: $1.5
Board: [ 8s Ah 2s 3c ]
daman1010 balance $153, lost $3 (folded)
PShabi balance $153.5, bet $21, collected $42.5, net +$21.5 [ Qd Qc ] [ a pair of queens -- Ah,Qd,Qc,8s,3c ]
PTasstmngr balance $142, didn't bet (folded)
TumTum2563 balance $64.75, sits out
Frelled balance $109, didn't bet (folded)
k2ps__ balance $214.5, lost $15 (folded)
Drainyou2 balance $194.5, lost $4 (folded)
WIT2WIN balance $116.5, didn't bet (folded)
twix0 balance $150, sits out
rock270380 balan<ce $91.5, lost $1 (folded)

Nice read and nice play based on the read.

I'm too often guilty of making a read and then discarding that info.

Yeah,

It was an easy read because I've played him a lot before. I was at work, so I didn't have my Poker Tracker stats, but I remembered his style. This play only worked because a) he knew I was a solid player and b) I knew he was capapble of laying down a good hand.

Most players aren't letting go of KK that easy.

Just an awful play to call the flop by him though. No brainer to raise here.