I had just made a semi-bluff with an inside straight draw that hit and I stacked a dude. Boy did I sure look like an idiot though! It was a sound play, It turned out that had implied odds as I believed I did, and my blocking bet on the flop got him to just call with top two and let me hit my wacky draw to hit the wheel.
Anyway, on this hand I had a tenuous top pair with no kick and a flush on the board. When I bet out top pair there was a caller, which made me nervous. But then I thought that maybe someone would call me with second pair or worse because I just got caught bluffing. I was wrong, he had the flush and I paid too much on his river bet, when I continued to think that he had worse than my thoroughly mediocre hand.
Looking back, what I know about human nature should have directed me to fold, and to actually not get involved in the hand at all. The right move after appearing to be crazy is to tighten up hard. When you look crazy, players are terrified to play anything but a very strong hand against you. I won’t be able to read people well since they’re probably apt to be either loose, or very tight/aggressive with value bets. So I think I learned that the right time to become ultra-tight is just after getting caught in some lunacy. This is all with the caviat that I don’t know the player in question. If I know the player’s habits, then I can continue to adapt to them accordingly.
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