[mrcunningham]

I'm happy that this post is getting a bit of discussion, that's why I posted it. The subject line refers to Ray Zee's ( I think it was him) concept that poker players go through stages including needing to learn to be aggressive, then learning when it is appropriate to be aggressive. Currently I think I am somewhere in that transition trying to be aggressive without being to aggressive, so I am delighted to see the discussion.

My additional thoughts on this hand were that the BB, being the big blind, had a largish range that included something like A7+, but not AA, JJ+, or two pair with or without the A. He did not seem the type to be betting draws himself.

In addition, I believe that my image was of a relatively aggressive player that might sometimes bluff. I had been raising more preflop and on the flop than anyone else at the table, and had previously shown down a winning A3o that I had raised on the flop immediately after a PF raiser.

Given all this I was hoping that the turn raise would let me see the showdown cheaply and disguise my hand in case it improved on the river.

I'll give it some more time, then post the action on the river.