Could do with some help on the following situation - which i seem to keep coming up against.
Playing SNG's or MTT's, lets say i'm holding 88, I've made a little raise and brought 2 people along with me.
The flop comes 89Q - with 2 cards of the same suit.
If i'm honest i love the flop as much as i hate it.
I'm happy that I have (95% of the time) the strongest hand but i'm not liking the straight/flush possibilities.
My tendancy is to take the pot there and then - if there is a bet i will raise it heavily, if the is no bet i will put a pot sized bet or an over bet out to try and take it down.
I get the feeling i'm missing out on a lot of chips using this strategy.
Here comes the rub, in my mind I can't get past the other players having the nuts every time i'm in a hand. Can anybody tell/explain to me how they get over this pshycological barrier?
