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[QUOTE="titans4ever, post: 385855, member: 2843"]
I think his style flustered you badly.  The trick with them is to play really tight.  I think your all-in there would be called loose.  You know he will call with any two cards, right?  AK is good but you only hit top pair.  A2, A4, AA, 22, 44 and of course 24 all have you beat.  From your post he really could have any of these.  Why not just play it out, bet normally.  Bet out $10 there, another $10 on the turn and another $10 after the river.  You would make it a nice size pot but made him pay to chase his hand.

Calling stations are annoying but you fell for the trap that they lay for the table.  You got impatient and just threw your money in the middle with a good but not great hand when he really hit the flop.  He had you drawing to 3 cards.  You really need to be holding the nuts or a monster to try and get him to bite on bet like that.  You only had the 7th best hand in that situation.

You want to milk calling, not slaughter them in one hand.  The only way he was going to call a double the pot size bet is if he had you beat, and he did.  Bet when you think you have it and just check if in doubt.  You can control the amount of betting since they will not reraise to often.  You take calling stations out slowly in a methodical fashion because you never know when the flop is friendly to them.

I think your preflop raise was fine,  with calling stations you never know what they have and will call with anything to a bet if they have a "feeling" about that hand.
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