The button is a very solid player. I dont have alot of hands with him, but from what Ive seen, hes pretty good. He has a very offensive name though which makes me think hes probably about 21 so my early read could be wrong.

Since he only called my 1/2 pot bet on the flop , I put him a something like AJ or AT. I was afraid he would fold to a hefty turn bet but knew he would bet if I checked to him. He has to with an ace. I really didnt expect him to call my turn check raise.

Now obviously I wouldve stacked him just about no matter how I played it, but the point of this post is this.....this guy is going to think twice the next time I bet the flop and check the turn. I might even get a free card out of position from him.

Against the avg player you dont need to get tricky, but against a solid player you need to mix it up sometimes.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed)

MP1 ($330.5)
Hero ($439.6)
MP3 ($380)
CO ($772.25)
Button ($670.65)
SB ($149.78)
BB ($561.7)
UTG ($418.1)
UTG+1 ($416.5)
UTG+2 ($77.19)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with [8c] SB posts a blind of $2.
4 folds, Hero calls $4, 1 fold, CO calls $4, 1 fold, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($16) , , (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $10, CO calls $10, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($36) (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $15, Hero raises to $50, CO calls $35.

River: ($136) (2 players)
Hero bets $100, CO calls $708.25 (All-In), Hero calls $275.60 (All-In).

Final Pot: $1219.85

Villina had 66

doesn't get any better than that

Yeah, i think he played it just about right. Although, if I was him, I wouldve reraised the turn all in most likely