Hi all,
I'm new and this is my first post
I'm from Austria/Europe and my English may be not that good, just to warn you in advance
I play online poker for a few months now, but never seriously just for fun and to learn and get more experience.
I'm playing a lot of Cash games lately on Poker4Ever, I deposited 40$ and got it up to about 150$ after a few days of playing. I only play 10 player 0.10$/0.20$ No Limit tables because I feel most comfortable on those.
Over the last days I got back to about 50$ because I couldn't resist calling/raising with good hands. That may sound weired, but I always lost when I knew that I would lose, because I tried to read the other player and set him/her on a hand, and then after turn and river the other player would have a better hand according my read. Of course, nearly every time my read was correctly and I lost.
Just one example: I'm holding AQ offsuit, middle position. Two players before me call the BB, i raise 4x BB, the next player (loose) took a lot of time to think and called, all others folded. The flop came Ah,Qh,2c. I bet half of the pot, he raised to pot and I called. At this time I set him on suited connectors in heart giving him the flush draw. Turn came 3h and according to my read he had the flush. I decided to check and see what he was doing. He bet pot and I had a hard time thinking. I decided that this may be a possible bluff because of the high bet. I called, which took me all in and of course he had 9h,10h. River brought no A or Q so this was it for me.I just couldn't resist calling although I knew it would cost me everything.
I guess I just played it wrong there, but it's such a hard thing not to call. Should I have reraised after the flop?
Maybe you guys have experienced the same problem and have some tips for me how to avoid such situations.