Why???

Originally Posted by Theeggman

Your deuces are unimproved. You were beat on the flop. Him cold-calling your bets says he has you beat (anyone who would call here has you beat). I understand your frustration when someone just calls you down no matter what. But if you think your beat (cold-calls your flop bet when you're unimproved w/no draw) and out of position go into check/fold mode.

Just because he paired his six on the river doesn't mean he rivered you. Like I said, he had you beat on the flop with his 8833 to your 3322. If you had hit a 2 on the river this would be his post about how fishy your play was.

I understand what you are saying that I was beat the entire time (except pre-flop). What I do not understand is the other player's thought process. I do not understand how you could think, "Wow, an extremely tight player is betting in to me on both the flop and the turn....But my Eights are the best hand here!!! Call!"

Unless the other player had a great read on me?

This sounds kind of whiny, and yes, I am whiny, but honestly, I want to stop this sort of stuff in the future.

And in my defense, at the stakes I am playing at, I have seen people call bets with nada. You have to lay out a bet on the flop, turn, and river sometimes to get them to lay it down. I understand this was a risky play I attempted. But I quite honestly do not understand why it did not work in this case. Unless he put me on a pure bluff, any hand he could have put me on on the flop and the turn were better than the hand he was holding. Comments?