[TeeVeeDude]

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This hand was obviously a bad beat, but I think it could have been avoided with a bit more aggressive play.

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I don't think it could have been avoided with more aggressive play. Micro-limit calling stations do what they do, and in the long run we make money off them. But sometimes they suck out on us.

As others have said, you played correctly and your opponent made expensive mistakes. Only this time he got lucky. In spite of what you may have heard, poker IS a gambling game.

If you keep playing the way you played this hand, and your opponent keeps playing the way he played this hand, you will win all of his money eventually. That doesn't mean that you will win every hand.

Don't stress over hands that you lose. Stress over hands that you play incorrectly (even if you win).