Seventh hand vs unknown, probably reg, first six hands both sides folded pre (either on button or after a single raise), so almost no reads at all, except Villain is obv no maniac (and sees that neither am I). It was a deep-stacked table, Villain sat with 100bb, and I bought in for the full 200bb, which is the reason for me having twice his stack.
After the hand, Villain asked me in the chat what my hand was (remarking that "no hand makes sense"), and first refused to believe 8-7, then berated me (in a friendly, advice-giving way) that it was a "10 out of 10" in terms of horrible play. He fired flop and turn really quickly, and my thinking was that I can probably make him fold top-pair type hands perhaps up to Q-J, and for the rest of the match make him more cautios about 2-barrelling with one-pair hands, which should benefit me especially when I am OOP; I can't call off 3 streets with 2nd pair, so I turned it into a bluff with a c/r. Had I not hit that lucky 8 on the river, I would most likely have been done with the hand.
Villain says I should never try to bluff someone off top pair at these stakes. Is it really such a terrible maneuver ? What line, pretty much readless, do you regard standard - call flop, fold turn ?
Full Tilt, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
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SB: $50.75 (101.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $99.25 (198.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 7
8
SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1
Flop: ($3) 2
Q
8
(2 players)
Hero checks,
SB bets $2.30, Hero calls $2.30
Turn: ($7.60) 4
(2 players)
Hero checks,
SB bets $5.85,
Hero raises to $15.50, SB calls $9.65
River: ($38.60) 8
(2 players)
Hero bets $31.45,
SB folds