2 problems I have recently identified.


1) Pairs 44 - 88 in any position but especially early and mid.

Call, raise? Bound to get overcards but surely can't pass up a made hand pre flop. I need to drive opponents out - and there's the extra win percentage by raising - but at the same time I am going to be panicking unless I hit a set. Being first to ace on a scary board is not good yet if I am in late position, and a villain c bets, I don't know where I am, Murder, either way.


2) Whenever I have a hand (sub flush) yet see 2 cards of the same suit out, I now find it very hard to trap or even value bet. I suspect this is due to having been run over by a load of last gasp flushes and opponents risking their all to chase them. Option 1 is where I go all in and waste a good hand by taking down a relatively small pot and option 2 is where the numpty calls and scores in the last 2 cards, where he may have folded had I just bet and the turn was a blank.

The same goes for pairs less than aces. When at a table where any ace is played (and at my level that is most games) if I have pockets 10 - K, if the flop is clear, I again push, push, push having been scarred so many times by an ace on the river.

I know these issues demonstrate sub optimum poker and would like some advice please.



Thx