StudioGlyphic

...I'd have known it was National River Week.

I took a shot at a 1/2 $200 NL game on Full Tilt and found myself seated with three aggro players. Standard m.o. was to raise the pot pre-flop and bet the pot post-flop. Finally I called with a pocket pair, saw the ragged flop, and put the aggro to the test with a check-raise (not a minimum raise, either). He min-raised me, and I considered my options. It was possible that he had a bigger pocket pair, but unlikely. I called. The turn was another rag, and I put him all-in. He called, getting perhaps 3:1 from the pot. He flipped up overcards and was drawing to six outs, one of which came on ....

So that makes three $300 pots I've lost this week to river beats. Which should make me the poster child for something.

Bankroll management dictates I step down in limits (it's boring down here) and that goes for live play, too. Which is too bad, because the 1/2 NLHE game seemed a hell of a lot more interesting than the .50/1 and .25/.50 NLHE games. But I just can't afford those swings.