Does PS Reward Aggression? (cash)

BAD BEAT/GOOD BEAT

My last entry touched on the possibility that aggressive play is rewarded on PS. The first hand somewhat shows this since I was check-raised on the flop. Although my opponent wasn't that much behind on the flop (51/48), there really wasn't much reason to check-raise except to build-up the pot. My mistake was to raise on the turn, but as soon as I was re-raised, I knew I was dead. I wondered if I should have re-raised on the flop, so I decided to test this when I got a chance.


I hypothesized that aggression is rewarded not just from a theoretical point of view, but possibly by some kind of technical glitch. I decided to test my hypothesis by raising if I thought my opponent was behind. I put my opponent on a flush draw after he raised on the button when we saw the flop. However, he probably put me on a flush draw and he raised to protect his hand. I capped the betting since I wanted to see what would happen. Sure enough, I end-up with trips and win the hand. Coincidence? I guess we'll see. I plan to test this possibility some more.