Villain is hard to describe. He has a good business putting in pools or something and plays to blow-off steam and have a couple beers, it seems. But he's not a straight donator. He takes the game seriously, trys his best to win at it. Does game select etc.
But still, he's not great at it. Picking up his exact tendencies and ways to exploit him, I haven't done yet. I just know that his poker skill is like a B-, where A+ and beyond are the actually winning players.
He views me as a solid winning player. He makes frequent comments to that effect.
We've played lots of pots together but aside from some small bluffs here and there, neither have us has shown down anything hugely out of line. We pretty much just play our hands and aren't seeking to play huge pots w/ each other with marginal holdings.
We're both sitting on about $1k at 2/5
Straddled pot, 6 people throw in the $10 and we take a flop.
9
4
3
He bets $30 (into $60) on the flop, everybody folds to me. I have 9
8
I call.
HU turn T
He bets $45 (into 120)
I raise to $145
I don't know what he had but given his past tendencies, I don't think he's continuing with most of his range. He would probably need an overpair at least. All of the other random pairs and draws and overcards and air, he is folding.
So I decided to try to rob him, for no apparent reason as I thought that would be the more +EV long term play than calling down or even possibly folding.