What hurts more...?

[purple714]

The worst is when you know you shouldn't fold but are being cautious for whatever reason( on the bubble, already in the money and trying to level up), and the hand hits big.

 

[Robochick]

to play a great hand and lose to a weak hand.I try not to look at my hand once I fold it. I made the decision to fold for a reason.

 

[wrabinho]

it hurts to play a great hand and lose to a weak hand for me...

 

[pagal27]

cracked aces

 

[sSAINTSs]

To watch a hand you folded play out and win

Sometimes I fold a hand like J 10 suited. It sucks to see it play out and win. It depends on what position you are in to play it. Like if only a few players need to go out for you to make it in the bubble of a tournament.:ciao:



Cheers:hahaha:

 

[John Penniston]

Loosing with strong hands, via slow play it hurts me more.

 

[NoPlace4U]

To watch a hand you folded play out and win or to play a great hand and lose to a weak hand..?

Definitively losing to a weak hand is way worse.

 

[NBB]

Always losing to an inferior hand that sucks out on you.

Seeing your folded hands as being the winner’s sucks, but at least it was your decision in not playing them.

 

[BigSlick20]

Play a great hand and losing to a total junk hand they should have never been in for me.

 

[MrPokerVerse]

Once the cards are folded it out of mind out of sight. You can't do anything once they are mucked. So it only leaves the other for me. That is poker, you lose some you win some.

 

[NHequalsFU]

Losing when in the hand most definitely because most of the time when I fold my attention goes to the next table.

 

[freestocks]

Actually losing is worse than theoretically winning.

 

[SadFacePanda]

The evolution of cards

Definitely losing to a weaker hand. Whenever I decide not to play one hand I have made a conscious decision to disregard it's potential and therefore I can not blame anything but myself.


However, whenever playing and losing to a weaker hand one has already anticipated a win (or almost anyway). You could argue to that the weaker hand isn't actually weaker since it won. As a medicine student I could see an analogy to evolution; there is no such thing as a weak or strong gene (gene expressions). However some individuals have more adapted gene (or gene expressions) to the environment than others. If one imagine that the mutual cards are the environment, and your hand is your "genes" there is truly nothing such as a strong/weak hand, just hands more or less adapted to its environment. Please share your thoughts regarding my (probably slightly weird) analogy.

 

[RunoMont]

It definitely hurts to know that we have read the opponents hand to be stronger than yours and make the bad call to raise or call a large pot. sometimes I call myself stupid. I guess its part of the learning process to have the courage to listen to the little angel and fold.

 

[radartodd69]

If you folded a junker that would have happened to hit, you can't get too upset that just means you're playing well. And the same thing can be said about a better hand losing to a worse hand. Just remember you're playing well. That's what's important.

 

[Anjo]

To watch a hand you folded play out and win or to play a great hand and lose to a weak hand..?

Poker is a strategy and odds game.
A hand is only good when the five cards on the table that are exposed have allowed you to win the entire pot.
Using a strategy of not letting yourself read the game can be an opportunity to confuse your opponent.
I'd rather win a good pot with a not-so-good hand.

 

[Aremaz95]

The two forms hurt, get lost and lost if you were playing well

 

[Scottk87]

I think having a great hand that loses is worse. A crap hand like 7 2 that flopped a full house does not happen often enough for it to be profitable hand to play.

 

[deeggr]

def. losing with a good starting hand.
in the first case, you never know if the hand would be played the same if you were in it.(what the oppenents would have raised etc.)

 

[Lucky Alalk]

I think second, when loosing with tough hand just because of bad luck((

 

[orchidra]

To watch a hand you folded play out and win or to play a great hand and lose to a weak hand..?

For me, "To play a great hand and lose to a week hand", hurts more.

I never worry too much about hands that were folded.