Represent

I have been running incredibly well lately. Why? I have been representing and selling hands that I don’t have and betting accordingly.

Here is an example. I get dealt pocket queens on the button. My chip stack is $1000 deep.

I bet out $50 pre-flop and get one caller.

I am heads up with a tired player that is also sitting on about $1000.

I have not done well with pocket queens lately, but on this day, it felt like my ladies would hold up.

The flop is 9d-6d-2s.

My opponent bets out $75. I make it $175 to go.

He calls.

While I am worried about him being on a diamond draw, I am trying to represent a diamond draw myself.

Turn card is 3s.

He checks. I bet $300.

He reluctantly calls.

The river card is Jc.

My opponent checks.

I push the rest of my chips into the pot as if I missed my draw.

After two or three minutes of thinking about it, my opponent calls of the rest of his chips.

I show the Q-Q and he mucks.

He clearly put me on a flush draw.

My read is he had a hand like A-K or A-9 and felt that ace high or the pair of nines were good.

That said, Q-Q is officially off my ban list.