N
numark
Rising Star
Bronze Level
First post so hi all. I've been playing poker on and off for a while and I currently play 25NL zoom. I feel on a technical level I have this game beat. But I can't maintain a decent winrate because I can't stop myself making stupid plays & losing my stack.
e.g. Villain & I have 200BB and I have KK OOP, raise preflop & get called. Then I make pot size bets on the flop and turn, get called, and by the river it's:
78J29
So I have him on maybe AJ or with a 10 on a straight draw. Mmn I think, if he has a 10 and I bet, he will raise all in and I don't want to call it.
So I check, the plan being to call his bet. He makes a pot size bet and what do I do?
I forget my plan and shove all in like a donk.
Of course he calls, with T8, and I feel like smashing my own face in.
I know only a better hand would call a raise so why do I do it? These scenarios where it's my fault make me a 100 times more frustrated than a bad beat, cos I accept the latter as part of poker.
Luckily I avoided buying back in and going on tilt, so here I am. Just wondering where to look for strategies on controlling this? I find it really hard to quit until I hit an arbitrary target e.g. 3 or 4 buy-ins - even when I know I'm tired.
Cheers. :icon_albi
e.g. Villain & I have 200BB and I have KK OOP, raise preflop & get called. Then I make pot size bets on the flop and turn, get called, and by the river it's:
78J29
So I have him on maybe AJ or with a 10 on a straight draw. Mmn I think, if he has a 10 and I bet, he will raise all in and I don't want to call it.
So I check, the plan being to call his bet. He makes a pot size bet and what do I do?
I forget my plan and shove all in like a donk.
Of course he calls, with T8, and I feel like smashing my own face in.
I know only a better hand would call a raise so why do I do it? These scenarios where it's my fault make me a 100 times more frustrated than a bad beat, cos I accept the latter as part of poker.
Luckily I avoided buying back in and going on tilt, so here I am. Just wondering where to look for strategies on controlling this? I find it really hard to quit until I hit an arbitrary target e.g. 3 or 4 buy-ins - even when I know I'm tired.
Cheers. :icon_albi