Yep, cash game with blinds raising. Basically, I was waiting for premiums to push against the aggressor with, and when I did, he made a set on the flop, so that didn't work out. After that my stack basically just got blinded down.

The problem against the passive person who always called, is that when he called he would do so on a strong made hand or a draw, and if you don't know which, raising huge against him doesn't work. I suppose I need to learn how to read him, but he's as expressionless as a person gets.

It *is* quite a disturbing dynamic to be stuck between two opposite extremes of each style. Usually if I'm out numbered by aggressive players, I can give them enough rope to hang themselves on when I hit a great hand. When I'm with two passive callers, I would just check down and bet big when I'm certain I have the better hand. With one of each, I find it hard to adapt to one without being vulnerable to the other.