Derek is a personal friend of mine. We went to High School together, played soccer together, and even played in a home game together.

I started taking poker seriously a little before him and was a better and more successful player for a bit, but he really buckled down and studied the game. He then proceeded to play like a machine and is now one of the top 5/10 NL players on the internet, and I'm a lowly 2/4 grinder.

During my recent bad stretch I asked him if, as a personal favor, I could sweat him during a session and try and pick up some things. He did this, and watched me play for a bit and pointed out some things he thought I should work on.

My favorite lagtard was playing 5/10, which he basically never does, so I decided to move up for the session. Unfortunately Derek, as usual, was there.

First we played the following hand:

Dealt to Xaston [Th As]
Xaston: raises $20 to $30
LotsOfLooove: folds
Alotofaction: folds
DerekJC9954: calls $25
Alice1942: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 4s Ad]
DerekJC9954: checks
Xaston: bets $55
DerekJC9954: raises $85 to $140
Xaston: calls $85
*** TURN *** [6h 4s Ad]
DerekJC9954: checks
Xaston: checks
*** RIVER *** [6h 4s Ad Qh]
DerekJC9954: bets $280
Xaston: calls $280
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DerekJC9954: shows [7d 6d] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
Xaston: shows [Th As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Xaston collected $908 from pot


Literally 8 minutes later, the following hand happens:

Dealt to Xaston [Qd Qs]
Xaston: raises $20 to $30
LotsOfLooove: folds
Alotofaction: folds
DerekJC9954: calls $25
Alice1942: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 2d Ks]
DerekJC9954: checks
Xaston: bets $55
DerekJC9954: raises $85 to $140
Xaston: calls $85
*** TURN *** [5c 2d Ks]
DerekJC9954: checks
Xaston: checks
*** RIVER *** [5c 2d Ks Jh]
DerekJC9954: bets $290

I start the hand with $1650 and he covers if anyone is thinking anything crazy.

Well he knows that you know that he knows that you know that he took the exact line with middle pair the last hand...so it's basically one of those how many levels are you on things.

I wouldve definately bet / folded the turn in hand #2. As played, I would probably still call. If this happened a 3rd time, I would fold.