Ugh, I'm becoming a coward

[Cerril]

This is the sort of thing that getting sucked out on a whole lot can do to your play if you aren't careful -

44 UTG (4 handed party 5/10)

Raise, folded to the BB who calls

Flop A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]; check, bet, call.
Turn 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]; check, bet, call.
River 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]; BB bets, I call[!]

He shows me A3o, as I might have expected if I hadn't gone 'damnit, he's betting the flush card.' But I'd gotten my head kicked in by flush over flush (or straight flush over flush) hands repeatedly today [flushes show negative 2BB per occurence average over the last 2k hands], so I got edgy.

I guess this really belongs in psych, but it was interesting the effect had on my session (I was nearing the end, but after seeing myself do this I became very aggressive against river bets with overpairs and top pair/middle pair hands).

Something to watch for, even if you think you're balanced beats can cause some odd tendencies to come out.