One wrong call, and Zebraass takes me down...

[rohjoh]

Fire up 3 tables tonight, and before I could get out of the way I find myself sitting to the left of Zebraass at one of the table. After saying hello, we proceed to get heads up. I make a bone head call, key word is call, to his push, and give him the game. Here is the hand in question. All and all, I would say he played very solid, and cannot believe I gave this away.

***** Hand History for Game 1821256601 *****
NL Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:10870913 Level:9 Blinds(300/600) - Thursday, March 31, 02:10:57 EDT 2005
Table Table 14529 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 3: ZebraAss ( $4300 )
Seat 4: kjsbigdaddy ( $5700 )
Trny:10870913 Level:9
Blinds(300/600)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to kjsbigdaddy [ Ad 3s ]
ZebraAss is all-In [4000]
kjsbigdaddy calls [3700].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 8h, 2c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
ZebraAss shows [ Qs, Ah ] a pair of fives.
kjsbigdaddy shows [ Ad, 3s ] a pair of fives.
ZebraAss wins 8600 chips from the main pot with a pair of fives with queen kicker.

[Vish]

This is only a terrible call if he only pushes aces and pairs with roughly even stacks. Is this the case? If so, he may be playing too tightly, and you can push over any smaller raise he makes preflop.

[rohjoh]

His pushing range was pretty tight. I think if I was first in the pot here with A3, I would not have a problem. I also think I could have waited for a better spot.