help me plug this leak

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Soooooo... in my poker journey here's where I am at... I just flopped or turned the nuts (at that time) only to be rivered for bigger nuts... when I am in the position where I know I have the best hand I get real aggressive and often lose ALL my chips in that 1 hand because my opponent makes a BAD call at the time and is normally rewarded with a 2 or 3 outter... I hafta say normally because 8 out of 10 times this is how I am running... I am not saying all the time because hey even I get lucky and have a bad call turn into something good, but I am asking how should I play the hand? Should I be more passive until I know it is ABSOLUTE? Should I show more so people know I am not bluffing? I need to fix this leak because it is driving me nuts... Someone told me in the long run getting it in with the best is what you want, but my feelings are hurt! LOL
 
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what stakes is this? is this cash?
Dont read this as a flame:
Its a 7 card game. Having the nuts would mean you can't lose. Should think of it that way. If you have AA raise, reraise, he flats and the flop comes 79Q, Do you think you have the nuts?

A problem I have since moving up to 5nl is learning to not get it in light. At 2nl you get it in soooo light so often in comparison; it has developed some bad habits in me after 80k hands.

I'd suggest learning to pot control and attempt to curb that anxiety to Get it in.
 
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I think you are playing this correctly. You can't hold back money when you know you are ahead. You want big pots when you are the favorite and you need to welcome bad beats because that means you are getting odds and big pots. You will win more than you lose in the long run.
 
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Getting it all in as a ~95 % favorite (opponent has 2 outs with one card to come) is fist-pump worthy every single time no matter the result. Thats exactly what you want. There are very rarely any absolutes in poker and being a 19 to 1 favorite is pretty much as close as it gets. You are likely only remembering the relatively few times you actually lose in that spot since it is more memorable than the majority of times you win.

I would make sure you are playing at a level where you are comfortable losing multiple buy ins. Downswings happen. I have personally had a few 10 to 15 buy in downswings over several thousand hands playing cash games. It's not unheard of for others to have much worse than that.
 
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I, too, it happens. I'm just not playing. Because of this, I do not like the cache. If you sit at the tables with big Bain switch to a smaller.
 
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actually this was not in reference to any specific session.. I am mainly an MTT player although I will play at the LIVE table actually at the live table i do notice less of this than tournaments... @norsk this was pertaining to regular hold'em i am not even ready for 7 card stud strategy LOL to me that is a real gambling game... but for instance a hand that happened yest and I dont have any names and prolly wont give the same exact scenario "the names have been changed to protect the innocent" LOL... i have suited connectors lets say 6 9 i turn the NUT straight 678910 to make sure we are all on the same page... i push all in get snap called... we flip over dude has 10J river comes a 9 now giving him the nuts... frustrating!!!!
 
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actually this was not in reference to any specific session.. I am mainly an MTT player although I will play at the LIVE table actually at the live table i do notice less of this than tournaments... @norsk this was pertaining to regular hold'em i am not even ready for 7 card stud strategy LOL to me that is a real gambling game... but for instance a hand that happened yest and I dont have any names and prolly wont give the same exact scenario "the names have been changed to protect the innocent" LOL... i have suited connectors lets say 6 9 i turn the NUT straight 678910 to make sure we are all on the same page... i push all in get snap called... we flip over dude has 10J river comes a 9 now giving him the nuts... frustrating!!!!

For the record, 69 is not the nuts in your example. J9 is.

Regardless, you shouldn't be evaluating your play based on hand results. Instead, you should be evaluating your play based on your decision making. The bottom line: any time you get all your money in as a substantial favorite then you have played well and the hand result is irrelevant. If you do that consistently get your money in ahead then you will win in the long term. End of story.
 
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2 hole cards . 3 flop 1 turn 1 river = 7 :) least that's what I meant. I have been known to goof terminology.
 
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For the record, 69 is not the nuts in your example. J9 is.

Regardless, you shouldn't be evaluating your play based on hand results. Instead, you should be evaluating your play based on your decision making. The bottom line: any time you get all your money in as a substantial favorite then you have played well and the hand result is irrelevant. If you do that consistently get your money in ahead then you will win in the long term. End of story.


thanks you're right about that but i didn't wanna use the actual hand and made that up on the fly WRONG LOL doing too many things all day.. anyway gutshot over gutshot pretty much... My brain is shot
 
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