Re: How do you avoid not losing a lot of money on this hand?
Actually, I think you should have lost a lot more than you did. I would have 3-bet preflop, raised the flop and 3-bet the turn and only slowed down on the river.
The simple answer is that you don't avoid losing a lot of money on this hand as long as you continue to play good agressive poker. Obviously, if you stop playing altogether, these types of losses vanish.
Seriously, though, you will win on this board an overwhelming majority of the time, since your oppenents typically won't be holding the 1 or 2 hands that beat you. You can't play not to lose when you have a really strong hand...
And next time, be sure to spike an A on the river, OK? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Tom
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