finally got one just right?
 

80-160 commerce good must move 3rd game. full table. i have QQ in the bb. 2 off the button openraises. i dont know him but he seems to play too many hands and play too passively. folded to me and i 3 bet, he calls.

i bet the flop dark. it's 872 rainbow. he calls.

i bet the turn dark. it's a T. there's a little glint of hope in his eye when he sees the card and calls. btw one great thing about betting in the dark is you can focus completely on your opponent's face at the moment they first see the new card.

i wait to see the river card before betting. i dont want to see a J, T, 9, or 6 pop up and then have bet dark and have him raise me. that doesnt mean i wont bet any of those cards it just means i want to see what comes before deciding what to do.

it's an 8. i now realise that he will see my waiting to bet as weakness so i check. plus i think he has a T. so he calls for time and starts getting this cocky look on his face and he asks me "AK eh?" and i just tap the table as a check again and dont say anything. he bets, i checkraise his ass, and he autocalls. mhig.

did i finally get one right from start to finish?

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btw one great thing about betting in the dark is you can focus completely on your opponent's face at the moment they first see the new card.

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can't you do that w/o betting in the dark?
they dont flash the new card and then take it away, you can look at it after your opponent [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Wow, you really owned that guy. I think this might be my favorite mike l. hand.

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I told you he plays great.

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I personally don't like it when a strong player bets in the dark, it signifies a lot of strength and above that the bettor is also gauging where other opponents thinks he stands. Unless I flop a big hand or draw, I usually wind up laying my marginal hands down.

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In the old days your play would entice me to make exactly the same bonehead move your opponent made but because I've been burned so many times before I'd just check behind you, feeling as if I'd won a moral victory when you show down the winner but feeling like dog crap if you showed down AK or some other loser.

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Brilliantly played river mike except for the his-ass part.

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Umm ok, i am no where near a high limit player,but can you please tell me what was going through your mind? I am not very good at the whole checkraise for value with nut no pair thing.

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mike didn't have the nut no-pair. He had pocket queens.

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"i now realise that . . . did i finally get one right from start to finish?"

If you didn't realize something until near the end, you couldn't have played it right from start to finish. Playing it right from start to finish involves a plan from start to finish, not something realized at the end.

However . . .

Having said that, I agree with Tommy. Wonerfully played river, except for the I-can-out-cocky-his-cocky-ass crap.