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This hand took place yesterday at canterbury in the 30/60 game. The game had started heads up between another player and I when the 3rd player sat down. He's a 25 year old construction contractor who looks 19...and takes himself and the game WAYYYY too seriously...sunglasses...hat etc. He showed up out of nowhere a couple weeks ago and has been on a heater since. I'd describe him as randomly aggressive...and semi-retarded. Definately a losing player but he does enough accidentally right that he probably isn't losing a ton either as long as the line-up isn't overly tough. He knows I play bigger and thinks I'm tight and aggressive. This is a very big game to him and he takes the money very seriously.

Anyhow, it's 3 handed and the button folds, I raise K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] in the sb.

He calls.

Flop T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

I bet, he pauses, I peak left as he's in the 5 seat and i'm in the 4...he's one of the type that holds his cards in one hand like a millimeter above the felt...and he drops his cards and takes his index finger and just about mucks, when he picks them back up and calls. This was no fake tell. This was honest 'about to muck'. I don't think he thinks I saw this for some reason.

Ok, he doesn't have anything. He's the type that LOVES aces and almost surely would have re-raised an ace pre-flop. So maybe he has goofyish straight draw or an over card or 2.

Turn is an 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

I bet, he pauses for about 10 seconds and cuts off a raise.

Stop. You were super close to folding the flop...and now that an 8 comes you're raising? That doesn't make much logical sense...but then again I'm not dealing with a logical player. Did you just turn a straight draw? A diamond draw? A pair of 8's? A random bluff?

King high is still pretty decent vs most those hands. I call.

River 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Not the worlds best card but we're only 1 bet away from showdown. Lets see what's up. I check, he bets, I call.

"Good call, I missed" and shows J7o.