I assume his two small turn and river bets are to try and control the pot size. Did you deem these to be block bets at the time?
His hand just looked a lot like what it was - a one pair hand trying to get to showdown.
I would play some diamond flush draws like that on the turn. I wouldn"t want to raise fold them and raise - get it in might be a bit thin so would call relatively often then raise river when the flush hits.
I don"t think the line is ridiculous, a tad spewy though. I thought he would struggle to call with a queen, let alone an 8. Turns out he was a fish and didn"t fold any pairs ever. I probably shouldn"t have done this when he had been at the table about 3 hands and I was readless.
I"d have struggled to fold a pair getting about 8-1 on the river. If you are gonna bluff a fish you have really got to make it stick and probably should bluff raise the turn bet rather than the really small raise on the river.
But preflop is so unnecessary with what is a terrible hand, but I guess you know this.
Oh, I think pre is ok.. seems like a decent hand to have as a 3bet bluff, blockers... will have position when called. . It all goes wrong from flop onwards, not 3balling random aces like this that often though.
Errrrrr.....
I post these hands so I am not accused of being a huge nit any more! I do play some hands well - honest.
Send more money, k thanks bye.
Have you been speaking to Perry?
I have hired Perry as my new poker/life coach. At the moment we are working on bluffing unexploitably..
Perry"s 10 point guide to bluffing unexploitably
Lesson 1 -Always be out of position
Lesson 2 - If you do find yourself in position, take your thinking level, deduct 1, continue to think at this level for the remainder of the hand.
Lesson 3 - If your not already all in, your not trying hard enough.
Lesson 4 - Always wear a jaunty hat, even when playing online.
Lesson 5 - It never hurts to start a bluff by putting the chips in and then winking at your opponent.
Lesson 6 - If you make double reverse floating your standard line, it is no longer considered FPS.
Lesson 7 - If people say you suffer from FPS, you have probably out grown them as poker players.
Lesson 8 - By not looking at your cards, no-one can pick-up any physical tells, so never look, even at the board. In fact, just keep your eyes closed.
Lesson 9 - Never tell the truth about your hand, even if you have somehow found yourself in the unfortunate position having your cards face up. Just keep insisting that a mistake has occurred either with the establishment or the software.
Lesson 10 - On the rare occasion that one of your immense bluffs get picked off, grip your cards tightly and refuse to show them to anyone. Remember, all publicity is good publicity.