curiosity and self discipline
 

I often find myself with a good (but not great) hand, 2pr, trips etc facing a small to medium sized reraise that I can usually read pretty well and am fairly certain they have me My problems is that the raise isnt so huge that it costs me a lot and my curiosity as to exactly what they hold gets the better of me and i call knowing full well i am going to lose the hand. THIS IS A MAJOR LEAK. i know. Im sure other people have struggled with a similar problem and was wondering if anyone had some advice on how to discipline myself better so i just muck those hands that i know im losing

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I just kept doing it until I reached the point your at.

Then I cut back to doing it only 10-20% as much.

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trust your gut

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think about havin smokin brauds lovin ya cuz your rich because your a great poker player and you have to lay those hands down to get the brauds.

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think about havin smokin brauds lovin ya cuz your rich because your a great poker player and you have to lay those hands down to get the brauds.

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Lol, I have the same problem. I think I'll try this. If it works I should make about $500/week more. Will this make the brauds love me?

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Today I folded a hand and found at afterwards that I was the winner if I had called down. At first I was annoyed, then I realized that I couldn't remember the last time that happened, and that it the long run it might have been a good outcome.

So you have to make peace with the fact that you may occasionally lay down a winner, but the money you save in expensive calls will make up for it. I would think in no limit this is especially true.

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trust your gut

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People talk about not playing scared, usually referring to not folding. However, you can't be afraid to occasionally fold the best hand.

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you have to make peace with the fact that you may occasionally lay down a winner

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Certainly true. You can't be right everytime, and you won't be.