Self Control?

I seem to be getting into alot of these hands lately. What would be the best way to get myself to click the fold button when I think I might not have the best hand?

But you can't win if you fold!

WVHillbilly said:

But you can't win if you fold!

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BUT,, you can lose

Is this preflop? Preflop should be an easy fold unless you're in a blinds.

If this is post flop, and you realize you might not have the best hand...you're probably playing way too many hands.

larrdawg69 said:

I seem to be getting into alot of these hands lately.

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What hands?

This seems to happen when I've got pocket pairs 7's through J's post-flop and lately I've lost to A's to J's. The flop is usually not showing any A's or faces.

I think that learning to trust yourself is the most important thing you can do, which I also have yet to do. Also if youve just been on a rush in the last few hands and are starting to get call/raise happy and you think that "maybe this hand might win also" take a second and think to yourself "If I were in a normal state of mind, would I make this play?"

This is a problem I see a lot of players having

in the end you must use your own sense to decide the amount of hands you are playing and if and when to fold them at any given time

and some good advice in the comments too lol you cant win if you dont bet but you cant lose either

inti

Self control will come w/ time. If you don't have it now, then I'd wait until you do grasp a bit of it before you play a game like poker that requires a lot of it.

i have the same problem...even if i'm 90 % sure that my opponent has better cards i pay, maybe just to go on 100 % that he has those cards..

this is a big problem of mine...

You will learn to trust yourself, always try and figure out what your opp has. At showdown if your right (over time) you will be confident in your reads. Youll be amazed at the hands youll lay down because you know you are beat. Even i sometimes go against my read, at showdown, i find out my read was right, which reinserts my confidence for the next 2000 hands-untill i start to doubt my reads again.