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  There seemed to be a little kid at the featured table on ESPN the other night when airing the World Series of Poker coverage, but there wasn't - despite the Harry Potter like scarf and oversized sunglasses. It was Dario Minieri, young indeed, but over the legal limit to be playing poker in Las Vegas. Dario, who started the day as the chip leader, was swiftly bluffing off rack after rack of chips, and he couldn't seem to help himself. He would have a hand like Eight, Three (that's 8, not Ace), raise triple the blinds, and then call a re-raise that was triple his bluff. He then had the nerve to look upset when he was losing hand after hand.



  If Loose Aggressive is your playing style, you are playing a losing game, most of the time. If you are a sharp player and know how to curb this LA style and play a little Tight Aggressive poker from time to time, you might make some money. If you find yourself slipping into LA and your chips slipping away from you, it's time to focus on stopping your Loose Aggressive tendencies.



  Dario is a good player. He wouldn't have been the chip leader if he wasn't. He might have settled on a strategy and then made the mistake of not switching from it when it started to go south. It seemed like he just had to be Right. The more pots where he got caught bluffing, the greater his need to win a bluff - and so the more pots he got caught bluffing. If he had backed down, realized that it was more important to win the long game than prove that his playing style was right, he would have held on to a lot more of those chips.