It’s amazing to me how differently you see poker than me. You have an incredible mind for the odds. Which is something I’d love to learn. My mind gets a bit lost with all the numbers, which is funny since I am in the accounting field. You’d think I’d be better at it. Instead, I tend to play more with my gut and instinct which is possibly why I’m so inconsistent with my results when I play. It’s also a huge reason why I don’t do that well on the internet. It’s harder for me to get a feel for the persons reactions to their cards when I play on the internet since they aren’t in the same room.

I think the main reason I didn’t raise more than a thousand, after the flop, is because of how conservative the table had been up till that point. My fear was if I put too much out there she might think I missed my big cards all together and was trying to buy the pot. This person had already proven in the past that she was willing to defend her blinds as well as her raises. I totally expected her to call that raise.

What I had hoped for in that case, was to take control of the hand and see if she bet out after the turn. Instead her lack of enthusiasm for the outcome of the hand made me think she would eventually be willing to lay the hand down. Otherwise, I know I’d be way to chicken to go all in with ace high. Trust me, I’ve always been a poker chicken. This hand was a complete stretch for me. To be honest with you, with the way she was playing previously I had a big feeling she also had A,K as well.

She really like calling especially if it meant defending herself. I’d seen her flip over her cards a few times and was shocked over and over by what she was willing to make moves with. Up until this point she was doing quite well with her stack. She certainly had more than I. But that hand knocked her stack in half. She never recovered.
Thanks again for the incredible analysis. I think I’ll read it a few more times to see if I can better assist myself in the future.