hehe, I still check back here now and again but I'm working full time at the moment so I only get a few hours of poker a day.

One thing I'm wondering about Dodgey is why did you call his all-in?

You're hand wasn't strong and a bit more thought might have saved you $22 (and please don't take this the wrong way, just trying to help)

From what I can see, you made a continuation bet. This helps to see where you are in the hand. Well his all-in told you exactly where you were, but you called anyway - something I have done on many occassions. lol

The only hand you are beating is a stone cold bluff. Any pair and you are behind, chasing 6 outs (unless he had AA or KK of course). He could also have called your raise with 77, Ace-6 suited, Ace-7 suited or even 66.

Now he knows you raised pre-flop, so his all-in bet indicates he is clearly hoping you have a hand like AK, or even a big pair. I would have played it differently I think, but that's the beauty of poker, each player is different.

I remember a member on here called sircordy who used to call with speculative hands like 8-6 suited etc and I remember having a go at him for it. But that was my early days, and now I too often like to call with suited connectors, especially in cash games. The concept is simple ... miss the flop and take the small loss and fold. Hit it and the payout can be nice.

In fact earlier tonight I did just that. I limped from mid position with 8d - 6d. Everyone else folded except the BB. He raised it up 5x BB. Now to me this was an easy call. He's either trying to steal the meagre pot or he actually has something. I also have position. Anyway, the flop came down Ad - Kd - 3c. Now this is a nice flop for me. I have the flush draw. Now if he raised with any pair, he does not have the flush draw. If he raised with any Ace or any King, he does not have the fush draw. He could of course have diamond connected cards himself, but the odds are unlikely. So he bet the pot, I called. A third diamond hit the turn and I made the flush. Here, he checked. I bet just over half the pot, he paused then called. The river was a blank. Again he checked, now I bet about 3/4's the pot. He waited for ages. At that point I knew I had him. If he had a decent flush he would have called quickly. My bet hopefully looked like I was trying to steal it. Eventually he called, and his cards quickly went into the muck.

Unfortunately, this was on PKR so I have no idea what cards he had because they don't show mucked cards but A-K seems likely.

Without any kind of tracker for PKR it's impossible to say if this kind of thing is profitable over a long run, but it sure feels like it