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Message: [QUOTE="F Paulsson, post: 448263, member: 6979"] So playing today, I find the epitome of the kind of person I was referring to in the first post: The table coach. He couldn't let go of the fact that I opened from middle position with A7o. "What are you even hoping for with a hand like that?" Of course, the sweet delicious irony is in the fact that he called my raise - that's two bets cold - with Q9o, yet I'm the one who's a sucker for raising with A7. Then he called me down on an ace-high flop with his Q9 (he paired his nine). What was I hoping for when I raised with A7? I was hoping to pick up the pot either now or on the flop, but failing that the dream scenario is being called by a hand like Q9o who will call me to the river when I pair my ace. And he couldn't let this go. After awhile, the table disintegrated, and it was down to just him and me. I usually don't play heads-up because the kind of aggression it requires is just not something I'm comfortable with. However, this guy folded a lot on the flop and onwards. And a lot from the big blind. So I raised. And raised. And raised. And he kept folding. When he sometimes actually made it to the river (usually in a small pot since I knew to back down when he actually continued after the flop) he would see my K5 and go "lol shitty hand". He still didn't get it. I was slowly building my stack simply by stealing his blinds and betting at the flop. I guess what it comes down to is looking at a starting hand as an absolute value. Kinda like the person who can't let a flopped set go when there's four of a suit on the board on the river in a multiway hand ("I have trips!"). It's not about absolute values, it's about relative values and exploiting others' mistakes. Your hand matters, but the situation dictates how you play it. (By the way, I hope everyone realizes that I'm not being hypocritical for openraising with A7o while earlier saying that calling two cold with A7o is a bad play - there's a huge difference.) [/QUOTE]

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