Good call/Bad call?

[Tax_Monkey]

Ok this is the 1st hand of the HU semi-final on poker.co.uk: Hand #393938302 at table: $10 + $1 Heads Up Started: Mon Aug 14 23:58:29 2006 Tax_Monkey is at seat 1 with 48000.00 Mikadoo is at seat 2 with 47040.00 Tax_Monkey posts the large blind 640.00 Mikadoo posts the small blind 320.00 Tax_Monkey: 9h, 8s Mikadoo: --, -- Right not the best hand but I decided to play and see the flop cheap if he lets me. Pre-flop: Mikadoo: Call 640.00 Tax_Monkey: Check Flop (Board: Ah, 9c, 2d): So he hasn't raised pre-flop which suggests he hasn't got an A, I decided to over bet the flop to discourage him calling with 2 overcards. Tax_Monkey: Bet 1920.00 Mikadoo: Call 1920.00 Turn (Board: Ah, 9c, 2d, 3d): Tax_Monkey: Bet 1920.00 Mikadoo: Raise 8320.00 Tax_Monkey: Call 8320.00 So he calls my post flop overbet, since he just flat called I've put him on 2 cards higher than 9 but still don't belive he has an ace. Then he reraises me:loon. Now I'm confused, the only thing I can figure is he's on a straight draw. River (Board: Ah, 9c, 2d, 3d, Js): Tax_Monkey: Check Mikadoo: All in Now I'm really confused and starting to think maybe he had a big pair or A rag all along. At this point Gaf? pipes up in the chatbox "Hello debrecen" and the warning box pops up ( you know the one "please choose blah blah blah") and that puts the idea in my head thats the re-raise and all-in are nothing more than a total bluff so I call Tax_Monkey: Call 36480.00 Showdown: Tax_Monkey shows: 9h, 8s (a pair of Nines) Mikadoo shows: 7h, 10d (high card, Ace) Mainpot: Tax_Monkey wins the pot of 94720 with a pair of Nines (0.00 rake were taken for this hand) So the question is was it a totally stupid thing to do, or an inspired call? Even though I won the hand I still don't know.:unsure

[Rookie]

Re: Good call/Bad call? If you feel that your a good HU player, than trying to win it all in one hand shouldn't be your strategy, especially with just middle pair. Take your time as its still early in the HU session and grind him down. just my opinion.