your criteria for what to play shorthanded is still too tight - you could win more, especially playing some of the hands you just described while in late position, such as 78s, 67, or some weak offsuit kings. QJo is worth a raise in the right spots even in a tight ten handed game.


and theres no science to what kinds of gimicks fool a sucker. The only reason he raised the whole way was because he was locked into the idea that he had you beat, just as you were locked in to the idea you had him beat.