I Have An Illness.......

[*Lone*Trout* 0]

It's called the quick call. I find myself in hands, usually TP/TK situations (but not always), where my initial bet is raised (massively at times) and instead of taking my time and evaluating the situation, I call or re-raise immediately. For example, at my home game last night, I'm in the BB with K :icon_suit_club: Q :icon_suit_club: and call a raise of 3x the BB from the SB. Flop come Q 7 4. SB checks, I bet out 2x BB. He re-raises double. I go all in immediately. I knew as soon as he stood up, before his cards landed face up on the table I was in trouble. He was holding the rockets. Turn and river came with no help for me and I was out. I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone else struggled with this tendency to quick call? I swore to myself that I would force myself to wait and think, but I get swept up in the emotion of the moment and bang my forehead on the steering wheel as I drive home out of the money. Any advice (please go easy on this donkey) you may have or recall a moment when you made the turn to being a more patient player would be greatly appreciated. I would like to add, that I do fairly well at my home game. I cash more than some but not as much as others. I would like to take that step up and be a consistent money winner. Thanks.*L*T*

[Jerry_Lundegaard 0]

It's called the quick call. I find myself in hands, usually TP/TK situations (but not always), where my initial bet is raised (massively at times) and instead of taking my time and evaluating the situation, I call or re-raise immediately. For example, at my home game last night, I'm in the BB with K :icon_suit_club: Q :icon_suit_club: and call a raise of 3x the BB from the SB. Flop come Q 7 4. SB checks, I bet out 2x BB. He re-raises double. I go all in immediately. I knew as soon as he stood up, before his cards landed face up on the table I was in trouble. He was holding the rockets. Turn and river came with no help for me and I was out. I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone else struggled with this tendency to quick call? I swore to myself that I would force myself to wait and think, but I get swept up in the emotion of the moment and bang my forehead on the steering wheel as I drive home out of the money. Any advice (please go easy on this donkey) you may have or recall a moment when you made the turn to being a more patient player would be greatly appreciated. I would like to add, that I do fairly well at my home game. I cash more than some but not as much as others. I would like to take that step up and be a consistent money winner. Thanks.*L*T*

Yes it is an easy mistake to fall in love with a hand. I guess the only thing that can turn it around is to get whacked enough times and learn from it. If you can manage to wait and give yourself a specific amount of time for any decision it might help. Happened to me the other day when I made top/bottom pair. Donked off a bunch of chips to find I was of course beat by top/middle pair.

[econ_tim 0]

and the only prescription is more cowbell

[MasterLJ 0]

I have certainly struggled with this as well, and getting rid of the problem is simple. Just take a consistant amount of time on every move you make. Chris Ferguson does this really well in that he takes 10 seconds to make any move. He could be holding the nuts, he could be holding TPTK, he could be holding rags. Try this method. It doesn't have to be a set amount of time, but take enough time to assess every move you made and how your opponent(s) countered/reacted.Getting rid of quick call improved my game so much. As most players know winning at hold'em isn't about the hands you win, it's about the hands you minimized your losses. Any monkey will make monster hands and win with them, but only the good players can get away from TPTK and even two pair on a suspicious flop.

[Actuary 3]

As most players know winning at hold'em isn't about the hands you win, it's about the hands you minimized your losses. Any monkey will make monster hands and win with them, but only the good players can get away from TPTK and even two pair on a suspicious flop.

my eyes are bleeding.oh wait, you don't play Limit, ok,.... I'll bow out as I'm not a NL player.

[MasterLJ 0]

my eyes are bleeding.oh wait, you don't play Limit, ok,.... I'll bow out as I'm not a NL player.

Meh, bleeding eyes are justified, that statement needs a lot of qualification.NL cash/tourny and you have received some serious action from multiple players when you hold TPTK or even two pair and the board is something likeK :icon_suit_club: J :icon_suit_club: 10 :icon_suit_heart: You hold AK and two players are all in before you.

[Actuary 3]

Meh, bleeding eyes are justified, that statement needs a lot of qualification.NL cash/tourny and you have received some serious action from multiple players when you hold TPTK or even two pair and the board is something likeK :icon_suit_club: J :icon_suit_club: 10 :icon_suit_heart: You hold AK and two players are all in before you.

Yes. My eyes are much better!Definitely many players suffer from only seeing their own hand, oblivious to all other villan's actions.

[dreed 0]

and the only prescription is more cowbell

hahaha

[ben_wallace 0]

I'm not going to metion any specific situation but I too once dide this and lsot a lot doing it. I overcame it easily. I force myself to do one thing before making a decision. I make myself shuffle a stack of chips at least twice or do a chip twirl a couple of times. By forcing urself to stop and do thing before every decision you force yourself into thinking what to do. Eventualyl you will do these tricks as a pattern and not ahve to think about it. This also helps as it can disguise your easy moves, cause you are taking the same basic amount of time every time for every decision, its harder for oppenents to pick up strength or weakness cause of your patterns

[MasterLJ 0]

Now if only I could cure my other disease....Drinking + Poker.I'd TP/MM.6 days of winnings gone in 1 evening. I need to get that damn mod that locks out tables outside of your bankroll.... then hook it up to a breathalizer.

[Nixed 0]

and the only prescription is more cowbell

This was my immediate response when I saw the title of this thread too. NH