Intuition,yes or no?!

[PatriceM915]

I trust when I am sure of a strong and unbeatable game. But if I have a reasonable game I don't bet everything because I still have a chance to lose at the showdown. I try to be rational.

 

[Arthur ZM]

I do not trust my intuition and would not go to all in with bad cards. Weak players usually go all in with bad cards turning poker into a lottery.

 

[Ami9559]

Когда работает чуйка 50/50

 

[gryphon3005]

Sometimes I listen to that little voice and, yes, it has worked for me more than once. I have found, though, that the intuitive feeling comes right away and lasts only a fleeting moment. If my 'logical' thinking takes over it can quickly overwhelm any intuitive sense. There have been a number of times I decided to fold only to find I would have won.

 

[sebablue]

Intuition plus statistics are a good support to make good decisions. For my part there are times that intuition makes me make good decisions and sometimes bad, but if it brings you good results, welcome. In conclusion from my point of view 50% yes 50% no.

 

[koisug]

I don't believe in intuition, but I believe in nuts and accurate calculation! And intuition is the ability to see how your opponents play, and how they play a particular hand

 

[Takoyaki]

If intuition includes reasoning and analysis sometimes is what you need to win. Might not be right, but it feels right, you know what I mean?

 

[fmrocchetti]

Absolutely. I won more hands by intuition than by having good cards.

 

[wstclair777]

Only if it's intuition that everyone behind me will fold, never getting in with bad cards in hopes of hitting the flop.

 

[Justdoit818]

poker is not a game of intuition. this is a game for knowledge of mathematics and very lucky. if you know these components perfectly.

 

[valeski 28]

Hi mate.No ,not all .Maybe, that may happen in a determined hand,only if I have a hand that can beat my opponent´s hand..

 

[Popescu97]

I believe in intuition but sometimes i ve got some bad beats

 

[Ronaldo7]

I tend not to play player on a good run online... Intuition or what, they tend to win on any two

 

[JoseFerreras]

I wouldn't call it intuition ... I would call it more the power of deduction.
But I do believe you sometime gotta follow your heart and trust you are going to hit that flush on the river =]

 

[Bleeis]

No, intuition is for lack of knowledge, always play with probabilities and knowledge

 

[xexeu]

I don't believe in intuition but in reading the game if you pay attention

 

[ventrolloquist]

Do you trust your initiation while playing poker?For example, you have bad cards and the intuition tells you to go all in!!!

90% of the time when I choose to ignore my intuition and play "correct" or try some fancy bluff while sensing opp has a hand I get burned.

One example is when a player in a tourney limped for the first time (and the whole game he had always been raising) from UTG, yet I still shoved my 99 short-stacked knowing he had an ace, only because it was "correct", because I feared one more orbit and the game would be unrecoverable yet I knew I would lose the tourney right there if I didn't hit a set.

More common is me firing off some crazy bluff for 2 streets on super wet boards knowing opp has top pair and I get called, and my intuition tells me I'll get called but I bet anyway convincing myself opp thinks at a higher level than they really do lol.


Moral is, intuition does play a role in helping you catch things that are out of the ordinary for a certain player and you can use experience to speculate from there. One of my biggest leaks is not trusting my intuition, and instead playing "correct". This is something I've seen Phil Ivey stressing as well in his masterclass, knowledge is good but if you've been playing long enough to have a good sense of players you can't use knowledge as justification to make a play that you sense will lose you the pot.

As for having 2 bad cards and going all in, that's not really what I see as intuition. Intuition is knowing when you're beat and when you're ahead based on thousands of hands of experience even if you don't necessarily understand why.

 

[bigthereal]

sometimes that's the only thing you can rely on

 

[Adrian2809]

yes I trust my intuition )

 

[elJenio8]

I trust less than i should, i tend to know which cards everyone has with a lot of accuracy..

But depends a lot, what instance im playing, against who im playing

 

[jovan123]

Do you trust your initiation while playing poker?For example, you have bad cards and the intuition tells you to go all in!!!

I truly believe that to be a successful either amateur or full time player you definitely have to have that extra something that lets you know that trouble is lurking and to get away from the hand and at times lets you know exactly where you are or to catch that last card you need on the river
..the problem occurs when we do get that feeling (as I know I have many times ) and for some reason we choose to ignore it and even as I'm about to ignore the feeling and make a bad call I again feel its wrong to ignore it but stubborn me chooses wrong and its usually expensive for me ...I will say though the last couple of years I've learned to listen to myself much more carefully and most of the time I'm right

 

[markmu]

90% of the time when I choose to ignore my intuition and play "correct" or try some fancy bluff while sensing opp has a hand I get burned.

One example is when a player in a tourney limped for the first time (and the whole game he had always been raising) from UTG, yet I still shoved my 99 short-stacked knowing he had an ace, only because it was "correct", because I feared one more orbit and the game would be unrecoverable yet I knew I would lose the tourney right there if I didn't hit a set.

More common is me firing off some crazy bluff for 2 streets on super wet boards knowing opp has top pair and I get called, and my intuition tells me I'll get called but I bet anyway convincing myself opp thinks at a higher level than they really do lol.


Moral is, intuition does play a role in helping you catch things that are out of the ordinary for a certain player and you can use experience to speculate from there. One of my biggest leaks is not trusting my intuition, and instead playing "correct". This is something I've seen Phil Ivey stressing as well in his masterclass, knowledge is good but if you've been playing long enough to have a good sense of players you can't use knowledge as justification to make a play that you sense will lose you the pot.

As for having 2 bad cards and going all in, that's not really what I see as intuition. Intuition is knowing when you're beat and when you're ahead based on thousands of hands of experience even if you don't necessarily understand why.

Haha, yes, i feel you and i see it the same way. I'm still a complete beginner, but i think your last sentence is very important.

 

[ToNy70929]

My intuition often fails me. Unfortunately

 

[andreypuch]

Intuition is a good thing, but I'd rather trust my knowledge. Notes on opponents, the testimony of statistics and mathematics. But.... Today my intuition saved me: I fold a flush on my opponent's full house. Lucked.

 

[DizzyDeb717]

Do you trust your initiation while playing poker?For example, you have bad cards and the intuition tells you to go all in!!!

If you listen to that crazy voice in your head that tells you to go all in with bad cards preflop, and it works.. then you will always be hearing that voice and screw yourself most of the time.
That little voice is what creates gambling addictions.. seriously.