Never thought...

Thursday. Blinds 100/200. I admit it. I was steaming from the first hand of the night where I squeezed some chips out with pocket Aces.

In hand #2, I'm heads-up with the same player! I put my opponent on A-X or a pocket pair based on his preflop raise to $600 and C-bet on the flop.

Since I started from the small blind, I could easily have ATC against a standard raise, and Q-J suited came pretty close. When I check-insta-called his third shot on the turn, I sensed that he no longer thought I was drawing.

The river pairs. On my side of the cards is a busted flush draw, Queen high. What to do? A $4K bet into a $6K pot sends my opponent into the tank.

The board is full of possibilities; a pair and all low cards. On his side of the cards I might have the straight or the boat or lesser hands that beat top pair or pocket pair.

The point here is that when you make a bluff you take a leap of faith that any opposing player is experienced/smart enough to know what you are representing (and that you read the situation correctly and and he doesn't have the nutz!). Hats off to the players who are capable of making brilliant folds with strong holdings.

I aspire to the grandeur. Meanwhile, when he folded, I threw down my bluff face up which tilted half the table. Bonus.

235 points to go