I lost a lot of money today, it was completely my fault and I know the theoretical reason:
Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;Hero$2.23:///////;BU$2.12:76/26/8/2.0/22/25/-/50;[/tg]
0.01/0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.102 by www.pokerstrategy.com.
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A♦, J♦
UTG2 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, 3 folds, BU calls $0.08, 2 folds.
Flop: ($0.19) T♦, 9♣, 2♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.14, BU calls $0.14.
Turn: ($0.47) 8♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.5, BU calls $0.50.
River: ($1.47) 2♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.4, BU calls $1.40 (All-In).
Final Pot: $4.27
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Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;SB$0.82:25/20/0/1.0/25/0/100/0;BB$0.82:82/17/1/2.2/21/0/100/67;Hero$2.29:///////;[/tg]
0.01/0.02 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.102 by www.pokerstrategy.com.
Preflop: Hero is BU with A♣, 7♥
6 folds, Hero raises to $0.08, SB calls $0.07, BB calls $0.06.
Flop: ($0.24) J♦, 8♠, 4♣ (3 players)
SB bets $0.04, BB calls $0.04, Hero raises to $0.12, SB calls $0.08, BB calls $0.08.
Turn: ($0.60) 5♥ (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.02, Hero raises to $0.62, SB folds, BB calls $0.60 (All-In).
River: ($1.84) J♥ (2 players)
Final Pot: $1.84
I know I played these hands terribly wrong. I already folded much stronger hands to signs of strength, and I already check/folded weaker hands when my opponent played passive.
But with these two hands I got stuck because for some reason I was sure I can force them to fold. When I have hands that I felt were good enough to enter a pot it's just hard for me to give up on them without any signs of strength from my opponents and I get really confused and committed. What are good ways to work on it?
A few notes about the second hand:
-I raised with such a hand since I misread these 2 as tight passive players according to the stats they accumulated so far and to some observation.
-I took the mini raises as signs of weakness and therefore raised, I wouldn't have raised without them.