$55: Interesting trend I've noticed recently

[JimNashe]

I only play $10+1's so your mileage may wary, but the other day I had a hand where I felt the opponent had only high cards and I went all-in on a bluff. He then thought for a while, called me with Q high and called me an idiot for making what he referred to as "the partypoker out-of-nowhere all-in". So the past couple of days I've experimented with going all-in with big hands instead of betting a reasonable amount and I've had great success with it.

Example:

***** Hand History for Game 2819208001 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16297473 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Monday, October 03, 17:25:04 EDT 2005
Table Table 11206 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 3: player4 ( $725 )
Seat 4: button ( $450 )
Seat 5: SB ( $830 )
Seat 6: Villain ( $1035 )
Seat 7: player1 ( $925 )
Seat 8: player2 ( $700 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $2265 )
Seat 10: player3 ( $1070 )
Trny:16297473 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Jh Qs ]
player1 folds.
player2 folds.
Hero calls [30].
player3 folds.
player4 calls [30].
button calls [30].
SB folds.
Villain checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, As, 3s ]
Villain checks.
Hero checks.
player4 checks.
button checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
Villain bets [40].
Hero is all-In.
player4 folds.
button folds.
Villain is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
Villain shows [ Ac, 5d ] two pairs, aces and kings.
Hero shows [ Jh, Qs ] a straight, ten to ace.
Hero wins 1230 chips from side pot #1 with a straight, ten to ace.
Hero wins 2145 chips from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace.
Villain finished in eighth place.
Villain has left the table.