That's just nasty! Good hand though.

I try very hard to limit the amount of pure bluffing that I do for one reason more than anything else: I hate getting beaten and losing money on a table. Yes I will bully people if I have the nuts at that time, but unless I have the nuts (or close enough) I will play a straight up game. I can't remember my stats right now and my home PC is turned off, but I am running at about 17/8 on FR $10NL/$25NL (stars and Party), so maybe I should relax my starting hands a bit and raise more of them.

However... For the same reason that other people have said, peopel at these levels will call you with anything and may well have you beaten on the river when they set or get their draw, so I want/need to be sure that I am holding the nuts before I show down.

I'm still losing money in some games though...