I've been thinking about this hand with respect to Sklansky's claim in TOP that calling down is the worst defense against the semi-bluff.
Villain was that he was 14/8/2.5 over about 50 hands. He made a good free card play against me earlier, but also cold-called a ep raise of with AJo, FWIW.
The table was playing tight so I loosened up my steal requirements on this hand.
Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed)
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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
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4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Hero calls.
Flop: (7.40 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.
Turn: (4.70 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.
River: (8.70 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 10.70 BB