Loss of confidence
When you start to come out of a bad run in poker, it can be very scary! Why, well you are less likely to take risk and if your opponents are clever they will pick up the sense of loss and mild depression.
I am having one of these ‘loss of confidence’ which makes player such of myself easy to read and therefore easy to play.
Yesterday was a prime example sitting in the big blind I had Queen Jack suited and there was a small raise, but being short stack and the nature of the two players in the pot I became very reluctant to call and therefore folded my hand. The subsequent flop gave me a flush and would have put me more than back in the game.
Why didn’t I call the small raise? Well I have been getting sucked out and sucked out so much that I feared being sucked out again and I was overcome by fear, anxiety and loss of confidence in playing my hand. The swash buckling nature has been replaced by a nervous disposition and ‘rabbits looking into the headlights’ attitude.
I cannot see the end of this as I need a string of easy games where I get smacked in the face by winning hands after winning hands. I deserve this after seeing it happen to loads of other players and I deserve my turn. Yes i am whinging but what else can I do?