Poker Tropical

This hand took place this evening in my live game, and played out perfectly for me from start to finish. Having been dealt (As,Qc) in the big blind, the action folded around to the small blind. He flat called, and I put out a small raise. He called, and the flop came down (A,A,J). My opponent put out a 1,200 raise, and after some theatrical consideration, I called. I knew the best he could really have was a weaker Ace, although I felt a Jack was more likely. The turn card was a (2) and my opponent announced he was all in. I quickly called of course, and he mucked his hand. This lead me to believe that he didn’t have as much as a Jack after all, and probably just didn’t feel I could have an Ace.

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Perhaps spending theatrical time thinking on the flop when I already knew I was going to call, helped to induce such an aggressive move, but for whatever reason, he simply didn’t feel I was as strong as three Aces.
If you were to write down the key things never to do in a poker game, representing the hand your opponent has hit would certainly be up there. But of course there was no way he could really know for sure that I had an Ace, the raise preflop was a clue, but then I am known for raising with a wide range of hands sometimes, especially in that preflop situation. His all in bet was brave, I have to say, and if I had been holding a Jack, even (K,J) I would probably have folded.

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