which tables to stop me being timid? pls help!

I feel like something has 'clicked' with me and poker. I was able to transfer winnings to my real life bank for the first time!! But i am still losing when i fold even tho i know i shouldn't have. Which game/table would help me improve aggression? I fold too easily. I am literally bleeding money by getting nervous and convincing myself the opponent is a poker master and must have me beat, so i fold.. Even when my head is telling me exactly what cards the opp has. (this is what i mean by 'clicked' I am now right more often than wrong with reading opp behaviour.) at the last minute something tells me im taking too big a risk.
What table or game (hold em) is the most aggressive without increasing the risk of loss??? Or is there some way of thinking i need to adopt?. Please help

Maybe you're playing stakes beyond your range?? Stick to games you feel comfortable in. If you're making decisions due to what's in your account, you definitely won't be successful.
Once you formulate a proper BRM strategy, you will find yourself climbing stakes without even thinking about the hits to your bankroll. GL on the felts!!

For beginner proper BRM is 100 BI for MTTS and 50 BI for cash games.Adequate yourself so you wont play so passive.

Im not quite sure what you are asking, I see what you are saying but aggression is only a part of it..the real problem is being attached to the money you are playing with, you have to let that go.

The object of the game is to win the pot, yes, but once the money is in the pot it doesnt belong to anyone, it is now the pot and you want to win it.

Ideal if you have the best hand for that pot you want to maximize your winnings, in other words, enlarge the pot. Now, on the other hand, folding when you know you are beat is not losing. Yes the pot went to the better hand, but the money was nolonger yours, so what really happened was you saved money.
If you look at it like you lost the money cause you folded then its gonna mess with you. but if you want to become more aggressive drop down in price.
So, that being said, the object of the game is to win the pot so a weaker hand has to push everyone out to win. Dont let them push you around.

If you want to play more loosely and make more borderline calls/raises, play at a stake that you'd be comfortable losing money at. You can also try play money tables and just play a totally different style than you're used to.

How do you know your folding too much?

Is it a gut feeling or do you have math and logic to back you up?

Based on what you've said, it sounds like a gut feeling. If you did the math, you would be able to justify not folding when you shouldn't fold and then you wouldn't fold.


I'd advise not relying on your gut and relying on reason and logic instead.

That is strange. Normally I am the opposite, a bit more like Negreanu... I read the opponent's hand that has me beat exactly and then still make the call.

I have noticed I am a better SNG player than cash game player. I know SNG has more variance and the rake isn't great, but when I lose an SNG the vast majority of the time I have went out with the most equity and lost due to a bad beat, whereas in a cash game I tend to be dominated more often when I lose my stack - especially if I am not concentrating fully.

Cash is just a tighter structure in general and can be a lot more frustrating when you are running bad, but it is also perhaps why your natural instinct to fold could help you here. With an SNG, if you have an Ace rag and the blinds are getting higher and you have a tight table image, you need to get more creative and intuitive about the situation.

Therefore, I'd say SNGs would force you to be less timid. But as others have mentioned, make sure you drop down stakes for the SNGs in comparison to cash.