Game is 1/2 NL at the Venetian.
Hero has approx 225. Villain has 700-800; not particularly stellar player IMO but made money on splash pots. Villain is super tight post-flop and hero repeatedly bluffed her off small-pot hands with flop c-bets.
Hero has A-8 offsuit in late position relative to opponents (don’t recall exact spot). Raises to $10 and gets two callers.
Flop is Qd-10d-8x
Checks to hero who bets $15. Folds to villain who calls
Turn is 8 (not diamond)
Villain bets ~35. Hero thinks and goes all-in.
Thoughts?
Villain thinks about it for about 2 minutes and finally calls. Hero is overjoyed as he's convinced villain has Q-10. River is a blank and villain reveals J-9s for the straight, beating the hero's trips.