gosh i just love top pair, don't you?

[mgsimpleton]

ok so here it is. i didn't think this hand was that interesting until HEK's post about his bluff and i read those responses. so i'd love to get people's opinions on this hand here.

my image is i had been playing fairly tight early on as my cards have been crap... but the last orbit i have raised i think 3 hands preflop. i just pulled a huge squeeze knowing the person leading had crap and the second guy had top pair, i put in a reraise with a draw and took it down. i don't know how, if at all, that affects this hand.

SB in this hand loves to bluff if he thinks no one has interest in the pot. MP is passive but has looked me up with pretty marginal hands in the past... so on to the hand...

we're playing 7 handed. SB has 2k, MP 1600 and i cover.

MP limps, I raise in CO to 80 with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

flop (260): J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

checked around.

turn (260): 3 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

SB bets 175, MP calls, i make it 475. MP calls.

river (1385): A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

MP checks, I move in.