Every book I read or DVD I view says that aggression in No-limit is the way to go. I think that aggression in the small limits just get me in trouble and causes me to have bigger swings. Either that or I miss-understand what they mean by 'aggression' in general.

If you have the best hand then being aggressive might cause the other player(s) to fold.

If you do not have the best hand then being aggressive causes you to lose more than you should if they do fold.

How do you balance this if you don't know if you have the best hand or not?

The average winning hand in Hold'em is 2 pair. So, be aggressive with 2-pair hands and better only? Be more passive with TPTK or overpair?

Any ideas or comments?

I make a continuation bet about 75% of the time whether I hit or miss. e.g. I seldom check the flop when I raised pre-flop or called a raise pre-flop and am first to act.

Is this too aggressive?

I got pushed off the best hand this morning. I had TT mp first in and raised. Three saw the flop of . I made my usually continuation bet $2 into a $3.25 pot and got raised to $7 by the next player to act. The BB called and I folded (actually I was getting 4:1 on my money and a call would not have been that bad). The Turn was my - I know I should have folded here but my point is that they were both on flush draws. The raiser had and the BB had - Raiser won with pair of 7's.

I had the boss hand all the way as long as a heart did not hit. I did not know it but I had a 34% to win.

His very aggressive raise won him the pot along with my very poor flop bet. I check and he bets, BB calls then I might call thinking that they were on a flush draw. But, hard to say. Folding is probably the best play?

Damn, this game gets harder the more I play it.

if you don't get bluffed off the best hand occaisionally, you are calling too much. if you get pissed off about every pot you WOULD have won if you made a bad decision, just don't fold ever and you will lose a ton of money. The game is about making good decisions. Insert another true poker cliche here.

this is a hand you are either barely ahead or far behind. He had a pair, overcard and flush draw. So many cards are bad for you, look for a better spot. You will fold many winning hands in NL. Get over it and move on. Dwelling on hands like this is pointless as you made the correct decision to fold. You need to move on.

Thanks - oh, please don't get me wrong here - I was not pissed or upset at this - it was just an example of aggression. I think the right play was to fold.

I need to balance my aggression with solid poker - I am having trouble that's all.

Thanks for the advice.

I was really trying to discuss the over all use of aggression in my play. I just read a post KJ - with KJ8 and the player had 88.

If I had played this hand my aggression would have cost me more. I push top two pretty hard.

Question? Do I need to back off my level of aggression some?

Thanks Tim for your thoughts.

See I am aggressive

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