Willing 2 Die
Sunday, November 11th, 2007, 10:37 AM
QUOTE (nomad_monad @ Saturday, November 10th, 2007, 5:07 PM)

when you bet big like this, you shove all of villain's hands into the same value range: i.e., almost all of them become bluff-catchers and nothing more. but you don't want to be dead against any of the bluff catchers. if you don't have such a black-white hand range and it's more blended, it means that sometimes when he decides to catch a bluff with a bluff-catcher, you're drawing dead - which makes it correct for him to call more often.
I like this analysis, thanks.
Here's what i'm thinking while the hand is taking place. I'm aware that Villian is somewhat of a solid player, a little loose perhaps, but knowledgeable. On a previous hand, i observed his betting line to be rather cautious than aggressive. When I saw his raise, I'm thinking he he has a pair as well, either 6's, 9's or 10's perhaps. I started to think that i wanted to make a play at this guy just to see what happened, and also to work on my pose (not giving off tells) as i orchestrate a bluff.
I'm thinking he can't call me if he knows what he's doing and if he has anything below 10s and if i put him on a hand correctly. I tried to position myself as quietly and as unintersted as possible. He eventually folded 10s. Something else funny happned after that but im not sure if want to share it.