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Message: [QUOTE="John A, post: 2521819, member: 88730"] The interesting and funny thing about poker (and in general life) is people tend to be on the extremities. A lot of people just can't fold (and I've coached a ton of them), and then a lot of people can't call. You have to find that balance, which comes from understanding. Understanding your opponents range, his tendencies, how he thinks and understands the game. Then you let the results roll in, and they won't always be what you want. In your example, your opponent could easily raise with TT+ or some draws. But he'll also have 98, and sets sometimes as well. Now it's true, at these stakes, when your opponents raise they will have a hand. Example, say exact same hand and flop, you bet the flop, they call, and the turn comes a Q, you bet again and they shove. Then you are probably folding unless they are super aggressive, and even then, you should probably fold. The difficult thing about poker is making sure you don't let your recent results influence your thinking too much because variance is a sneaky thing. If you're not careful, it can get you thinking in concrete terms that are detrimental to your poker growth. One of the positive things with your game is it looks like you can fold, which is a huge plus. Now let's just make sure you're seeing your opponents range properly. Run some filters when you had an over pair to the flop and were raised and look at some of those results. If you are losing money on those spots, then look for clear patterns when you could have gotten away from your hand, ie... super tight opponent, a board texture that just made sense for them to have A LOT, etc... [/QUOTE]

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