please explain

[jasondavies]

can someone please explain if this is a deliberate thing he did, or if he is a ******, we had been having a good heads up, all was serious, no donkey plays until this, my image was set as a solid tight player or at least i thought, I deided the time was right for a good bluff

pokerstars Game #6494701045: Tournament #32971709, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/10/02 - 00:17:08 (ET)
Table '32971709 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: bnelson50 (8460 in chips)
Seat 6: Jason_Davies (6540 in chips)
bnelson50: posts the ante 25
Jason_Davies: posts the ante 25
bnelson50: posts small blind 200
Jason_Davies: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Jason_Davies [8h] [3d]
bnelson50: calls 200
Jason_Davies: raises 800 to 1200
bnelson50: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [2s] [Tc] [4d]
Jason_Davies: bets 800
bnelson50: calls 800
*** TURN *** [2s] [Tc] [4d] [As]
Jason_Davies: bets 1200
bnelson50: calls 1200
*** RIVER *** [2s] [Tc] [4d] [As] [6s]
Jason_Davies: bets 1200
bnelson50: calls 1200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jason_Davies: shows [8h] [3d] (high card Ace)
bnelson50: shows [Qc] [5c] (high card Ace - Queen kicker)
bnelson50 collected 8850 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8850 | Rake 0
Board [2s] [Tc] [4d] [As] [6s]
Seat 3: bnelson50 (button) (small blind) showed [Qc] [5c] and won (8850) with high card Ace
Seat 6: Jason_Davies (big blind) showed [8h] [3d] and lost with high card Ace

 

[spore]

Clearly your opponent here was a donkey, just calling down with Queen high. If he had thought you didn't have anything, he would have raised. This may have been avoided if you had pushed harder. If I counted right, there was 2450 in the pot going to the flop, and you bet 800 (33%)? Then on the turn there's 4050 in the pot and you bet 1200(30%)? Again, on the river there's 6450 in the pot, and you bet 1200(19%)?

I would reccomend bets of 75% to 100% of the pot size to try and take down a pot like this. The only exception being if you are sure that your opponent is on a draw sometimes I employ the strategy of betting small on the flop/turn and checking if a card comes that would complete the suspected draw, then I'll take down the pot with a big bet on the river. It is risky as you have to be aware of what cards can make their draw, and bail if it comes out.

 

[Stick66]

Yes. Donkeys are hardest to bluff. You never know if they'll call down or fold the river. If I get calls from a donkey without at least top pair, many times I hit the brakes and check-call. It's better to wait for them to call down when you actually have a hand. Hit the brakes without one because you know they'll do it again.