What are you afraid of playing poker?

[okeedokalee]

Joe, with JJ I keep the pot small pre-flop and re-evaluate on future streets.

 

[Cooking]

I don't have these type of feeling before I start to play. But I try to only start to play poker when I'm feeling good to make the best decisions.

 

[wvielmo]

I just play for fun so I'm not afraid.

 

[GoodMoon90]

When after 4-5 hours of the tournament you reach the pre-final, you understand what work has been done and there is a fear of being eliminated before the final table itself

 

[valanddon]

losing all your chips on the very first hand.

 

[KING1805]

I'm afraid of having a pair (AA for example) in my hand and someone goes all in with a weak hand, they get lucky and I lose. It is really annoying when it happens.

 

[reraee1]

When you drive higher than the aponent, and River lets you down and flies to the kid

 

[davidjavi31]

the biggest fear is not knowing how to read your opponent or make a move based on emotions, definitely poker is a mental sport of great discipline and if you play unfocused you will fail.

 

[GoodMoon90]

When you get a big stack and everything is fine, but after a few hands in which you played correctly, you are moved, and you are again at the bottom of the tournament) these swings are very demotivating