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Message: [QUOTE="ObbleeXY, post: 6597840, member: 437841"] You cannot lose with the best hand. That is not how poker works. If you think you deserve to win, simply because you had a higher rated hand, pre-flop, then you might be in for a bumpy ride. You see, there are five more cards to follow and the best hand, pre-flop, is quite often not the best hand post flop, turn and river. The problem you're having is not losing with the best hand...but rather over-valuing the hand you have, pre-flop. Most hands should never even get to showdown. If you're getting to showdown all the time, then you should probably either examine your bet sizing, or your calling range. another thing -- and I would do well to listnto my own advice here -- is that you need to maintain your confidence (about being the best player at the table) without thinking you are entitled to win every pot, or indeed every pot you enter. The key to your success is going to be based on exploitative gains. IE your biggest gains will be where you identify a flaw in a Villain's play that you can use to: Get him to call when he should fold or get him to fold when he should call. When you know who the NITs are, you can often push them off a pot. When you know who the call-stations are, you can often get better value from your bets. Just don't forget that you cannot bluff a fish...and your AKs is merely more likely to beat the crappy off-suited speculative hand...but more likely accross the whole of time is not the same thing as "a sure thing this time". So personally, I have to respectfully disagree with your statement... I think it the best thing when a crappy hand beats me, especially early on. that will embolden the villain to continue with such negative EV plays whilst they mistake luck with good decision-making...and then repeat this behaviour until they have no chips left. All the best, JT [/QUOTE]

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