Today when playing $40-80 limit holdem at Bay101 I used my knowledge of a player’s tendencies to bluff him out of a hand.  In a previous hand I had seen him just call a raise from a middle position opener while in the small blind, and lead out at an Ace-high flop.  The raiser folded, so I was left to surmise that he had called with an Ace-high hand, and led out when he flopped top pair. (Neither of which play I recommend. When heads-up, playable Ace-high hands should be three-bet from the small blind, to seize the initiative, force the big blind out, and create dead money in the pot.  But as played, I would usually check-raise the flop to win an extra small bet from the original raiser.)  I made a mental note that this player simply called some Ace-high hands in the small blind heads-up. Read More→