Heres a hand from a session at Party today. $200 NL..Blinds are $2/$4
I open limp in MP with [Jc]. The SB raises to $15. The BB folds and I call.
The pot is $34. The flop comes [6c][3d]. SB bets $10. This looked very weak to me like maybe he had AK, so I raised to $30. I didnt like it much when he called.
Pot is now $94. The turn is the . SB checks. I thought he would lead out with AK hoping to get raised so when he checked I bet $40. He now check raised all in to $130. Its $90 to me with a pot of $224. Heres where I made my mistake. I now changed my read and didnt think he had AK. So I called.
Why did I change my read? Because I didnt want him to have AK now, thats why. It was wishful thinking. Its OK to change your read based on things that happen while the hand is in progress, but HOPING he has a certain hand is not a good reason to change your read.
Luckily for me he had [Ks]
Now, had bad did HE play the hand?
I played like I had a set. He should have either folded on the flop or gone all in if he didnt believe I had him beat. Then he check raises all in when an ace hits? If I have a set I win, if I have an ace I win. That is just horrible play. I guess he was hoping I had QQ or JJ. Once again, HOPING is a losing strategy.
One more thing....The next time I raise the flop like that on the same table, I WILL have a set.

Hey Ice, nice forum!

I agree, I hate the way your opponent played that hand. Do you normally call a raise like that with AJs? Would you call if you had had AJo? I probably would have called his raise if another player had called it, but folded if it was heads up.

I normally dont like calling raises with AJs, but I had position and have been working on a few new plays for the bigger games, so I took did it this time.

Thanks fo the compliment about the forum. This hand was definatley out of character for me. I was just mixing up my play a bit and it worked out for me.