I was fifth to bring in and decided not to play the first round too fast so the pot built up just a bit before going for the jugular. (My table image was very high; with $175 of chips in front of me I was the big stack.) I only raised to $2 and, as expected, all called.

Fourth card didn't help, so now was the time to accelerate. My door Ace was still high so I came out with the maximum $4 bet.  Three of the six folded.  (That was the first time in two hours I came out with a $4 bet that early, so they read me very well, which of course is what I wanted.)

Fifth card didn't help, so I kept the pressure on and came out with another $4 bet.  Two folded but one called and so now it was heads up.  His cards didn't look good: no paint, but he did have two to a straight and two to a flush. I knew he was a solid player so I put him on a straight or flush draw.  (If he'd had two pair, he should have raised by now... or he was being very cautious against my represented Aces and a possible higher two pair while he held on for a boat.) 

My sixth card did not help.  His sixth card didn't look to help him either and  I came out with another $4 bet so he didn't get a free card. As I suspected, he called but at least he was paying to play. And by just calling, he confirmed that he was still drawing to a hand. Or laying a good trap....but traps can snare the trapper too.

My final card was an Ace, but trip Aces still lose to a straight or flush.  Since my board only showed a single Ace, I had no apparent boat draw to scare him.  (If only that Ace had come up on sixth street....) So now, I had to check in case he made his draw.  

He bet and I paid the "insurance" in case he was trying to steal since I showed weakness by checking or, if I was lucky, he had "only" trips;  but he had the straight.  I wouldn't have minded losing with just two pair but losing with concealed trip aces is particularly aggravating.  

Of course, with just two of us in the hand and the whole table watching, I didn't muck my hand but showed the trip Aces to make sure everyone understood that when I come out with a $4 bet I'm not bluffing so don't even think of re-raising me without a monster hand.

That hand cost me $18.  I played a few more rounds, folding early and often as is my style if the percentage doesn't favor me.  It didn't long to realize I was being pecked to death with $1 and $2 come ins which I folded after fourth street so I decided to quit while I was still up $40.  I bought out Susie's $20 slots loss and the other $20 covered our dinner.  A good night of entertainment!