This Fish Chums
Visionary
Silver Level
"Trusting your gut" is a very polarizing concept. Either people love it and do it every time they have a gut feeling, or people hate it because it violates solid poker principles. Either way everyone must admit that playing poker arouses numerous types of feelings.
However, if you are someone who wants to play by their gut feelings, here's a piece of advice and/or warning. You need to learn what your gut is trying to tell you. Can you tell the difference between a gut feeling that means you should fold vs. a gut feeling that means you should go all-in? They can be two distinct feelings, or they could be one feeling felt under two different circumstances. You need to be sure to know which is which.
Personally, my I've tried playing by gut feelings and found that they are only right when telling me to fold. Which, with my luck, is what I should usually be doing anyway. Whoops, I said the L word.
However, if you are someone who wants to play by their gut feelings, here's a piece of advice and/or warning. You need to learn what your gut is trying to tell you. Can you tell the difference between a gut feeling that means you should fold vs. a gut feeling that means you should go all-in? They can be two distinct feelings, or they could be one feeling felt under two different circumstances. You need to be sure to know which is which.
Personally, my I've tried playing by gut feelings and found that they are only right when telling me to fold. Which, with my luck, is what I should usually be doing anyway. Whoops, I said the L word.