Quote Originally Posted by Pelion
I see what you mean. I had a similar situation today where I raised ATs into the naturally aggressive, shortstacked BB and he thought for ages and folded. You could tell he thought it was a steal and really really wanted to fight back.

Next hand im dealt QQ and raise to just under half his stack. I expect him to push allin with a very wide range. No way is he going to let me bully him off twice in a row. Sadly I misjudged. He used up the entire timebank and then folded.

I made that descision based on our "relationship". Sadly he either didnt have Ax, or I misjudged the relationship. I guess Ill never know which but it was worth a try.
Exactly. When you had QQ your opponent considered range odds compared to your frequent raises. It was rather masterful for you to know he was somewhat ripe for the fight when you caught QQ. I think the mistake you made was making an assumption about his awareness of your own awareness. As in you tipped him off with a bigger raise, and he said to himself "No, he knows I wanted to play with him last hand, and now he's trying to maximize value against that paradigm with a big hand".