Originally Posted by Greedo017

why not? i won't flop 1 pair often enough?

Originally Posted by Greedo017

hmm, didn't realize so many of you would think the preflop was bad, but i disagree. he raised 10% preflop, a low enough % that he probably has something, like high cards, but much less likely that he has a high pp. when i called the 75 cents i was figuring that one pair would've been good so long as he didn't act like he hit something (and the flop was good), which he did by overbetting the pot. i was mainly posting this to show that me betting here was not as good of a play as check calling imo, and as i'm playing more 25nl again, i'm realizing that often check/calling a really crappy player is the best line to take. i don't really want to defend my hand here, because IMO as long as money is going into the pot quickly, i'd rather have him jam the pot when he's way behind than scare him off. here's another example: if i at any point after he raised to 7 bet or raised, he was gone, but i didn't so i got an extra 80BB out of him. i have another couple examples of this type of thing but i'm going to sleep and'll find them tomorrow

***** Hand History for Game 2851783290 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 09, 15:53:57 EDT 2005
Table Table 66235 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: Jyoung26 ( $6.45 )
Seat 3: Wahoo2006 ( $25 )
Seat 5: AFCWomble ( $16.93 )
Seat 7: samgoody23 ( $26.30 )
Seat 9: gcwynn ( $40.66 )
Seat 10: TheGreatFish ( $18.20 )
Seat 1: TeddyKGB8111 ( $9.15 )
Seat 8: Heap1 ( $24.40 )
Seat 6: GG_100Proof ( $9.25 )
Seat 4: phatrich27 ( $25.60 )
TheGreatFish posts small blind [$0.10].
TeddyKGB8111 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Wahoo2006 [ Ah Ac ]
Jyoung26 folds.
Wahoo2006 raises [$1].
phatrich27 folds.
AFCWomble folds.
GG_100Proof folds.
samgoody23 folds.
Heap1 folds.
gcwynn calls [$1].
TheGreatFish calls [$0.90].
TeddyKGB8111 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Kc, 9h ]
TheGreatFish checks.
Wahoo2006 bets [$2].
gcwynn raises [$7].
TheGreatFish folds.
Wahoo2006 calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
Wahoo2006 checks.
gcwynn bets [$17].
Wahoo2006 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
gcwynn shows [ Js, Qc ] a pair of queens.
Wahoo2006 shows [ Ah, Ac ] a pair of aces.
Wahoo2006 wins $48.70 from the main pot with a pair of aces.