[FreakDaddy]

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My initial read was Jx - which could be any kind of kicker based on the hands I was seeing villian play. My initial flop bet was only to see where people were as there were other people to act and my hand wasn't that great.

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Initial read when...? Are you reading his PF call as Jx? If so, you could control the poker world.

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Sure. Good question. This hand is purely based on my reads of villian. When I say I placed him on Jx, this of course is a 'loose read'. Like I said he'd been over betting second pairs quite often. I read the flop raise as another move to force people off the hand. It's not really that big of a stretch in this situation. Against any other opponents I'd drop this hand.
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When I'm raised on the flop I change my read to Kx, so I know I'm behind to something.

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Okay, and you called his massive raise because...you knew you were going to hit runner runner here? Again, total domination of the game with this knowledge.

Please explain how any of this makes sense, and how this isn't just a horribly played hand that worked out in the end with a lot of luck.

-T

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I need to clarify that I thought it was 50/50 that villian had Kx. I still have a slight possibility that I'm ahead. My thinking is that if I called the bet and pushed on the turn, that I had a decent shot of getting villian to drop the hand OR catch a good turn card that gave me a lot of possibilities, which is what happened. Again, against most opponents I wouldn't play the hand this way. I'd fold the flop raise or even pre-flop.

I understand that most people on this forum have problems with a hyper-aggresive style of play. I know it's easier to sit back with a 15% VP$IP and play ABC poker. I'd rather develop my reads at this level and experiment while the poker is cheap.