[andyfox]

Well you certainly did outplay him. If he's going to play top pair so weakly, your thought than you can outplay 'em seems justified. So long as we define outplaying as losing less than they would and winning more than they would in the same situation, which I suppose is the only definition there is.

An example of pre-flop play not being all that important if your position allows you to use your skills to play better than your opponents post-flop.