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Message: [QUOTE="-2222-, post: 378664, member: 2040"] No doubt about it, it is a gamblers play. First of all, a lot of non-Ace hands have you beat - 11 pocket pairs to the King. Any one of them are going to be almost certain that you do not have an Ace. A lot of people would put you on a 2 because of the size of the over-bet (ie, defensive play telegraphs your hand). So even the hearts draw has 9 hearts and probably 2 x 3 outs for their over cards...at the minimum 12 outs and up to 15 so lets call it 13.5 (say about 3.5-1 per street or about 1.75-1 for the Turn and River). You only gave odds of 1.66-1 so it was only a very marginally bad play for him to call and that is not even considering that you may be bluffing. Overall, it is a risky play. Because of the size of the bet relative to the size of the pot, you have to win this hand fully 4 times out of five ( huge number) for it to be a winning play and chances are you are going to win here less than that over the long run. [/QUOTE]