So, a couple of days ago, I flopped more sets in one night than any person should ever reasonably flop in a month. Furthermore, I flopped a set on four different occasions where the same individual ended up heads up against me. Every single time, he was the initial aggressor, and I made very aggressive plays against him. I never showed my hand, and the guy never called me down, but he was clearly aggravated by my play. He would constantly ask me questions in an attempt to find out what I actually held.

I start out with about $280 in this hand. Villain has about $500.

First major hand against me:

I have JJ, raise it to $10 in EP, get 2 callers, including villain in the BB.

Flop comes J77. Check, check, check.

Turn is 4, villain bets $15, I raise to $50, other player folds, villain calls.

River is 8. Villain bets $70. I come over the top for the rest of my stack. Villain eventually folds, then grills me for a good 15 minutes, trying to find out what I have. His friend tells him "Jacks full" repeatedly, but I never deny or confirm anything he says.

Player's stack dwindles over the course of the next couple of hours, in which I flop two more sets and eventually take the pots down with all in bets on the flop. On both of the hands, he was the initial bettor, and I was never comfortable smooth calling based upon board texture. I don't remember the specifics, but he had less than $200 both times, and I had him easily covered.

Finally, I start a hand with about $480, and villain has about $250. There is a player that has straddled for $5. Villain raises in EP for $15. I call, as do 2 other players. I have 77.

Flop comes QT7. Villain bets $35. I think for a second, and raise it up to $115.

Villain thinks for a long time, and eventually folds, showing a Q, and saying something like "You've either got AQ or two pair."

I'll admit, I'm down right nitty when it comes to live poker. The guy made the right lay down vs. me every single time. I rarely run bluffs, and when I do, I always seem to get called down with something like top pair no kicker.

However, I kept bullying this guy around, ignoring his questions, and not showing a single hand unless I went to showdown. On this last hand, I wanted to play it in order to induce a shove over the top. Was there anything I could have done better? When I go all in, I usually shut up, avoid eye contact, and look at the felt. Could I have said anything to induce a call? Based upon the possible flush and straight draws, a smooth call seems to be a bad move. All in all, it was an incredibly frustrating night because I flopped so many monsters, yet I couldn't get this guy to stack off.

My guess is you were just facing a particularly tight or scared opponent, more than you have tells. Did he ever seem to call others' raises light?

For inducing a call, you may want to check out this thread:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/27...erisims-71777/

I personally don't really do anything to try and induce calls or folds, I usually just sit there and wait. If I really want to induce a call, shaking hands are good, or visibly swallowing to look nervous helps.

For the hand where you had the sevens, a smooth call isn't the worst idea just because the flush only comes 18% of the time in terms of the immediate next card, so in that sense you can take a calculated risk considering his SPR, if you think he'll barrel a queen on the turn for protection.

However, since he seems like a sort of thinking player, I might just make him out-level himself and overbet shove over his $35 bet. This looks a lot more bluffy and if you think he's the kind of prideful player that'll stack off there then go for it.

The hand where you had jacks full was more the deck not cooperating with you rather than you playing it wrong. Like you have to raise the turn if you want to build a pot, but that's such a blank of a turncard that you either already hit a monster or are doing a spazzraise, which based on his impression of you makes it unlikely. I wouldn't worry about these types of hands, just accept sometimes you won't get action. It's like second-guessing yourself when you open with aces in LP and everybody folds - just sucks that nobody had anything, that's all.