Marvin Hui

I have 77. Flat called a 15k raiser. Flop is 9,4,2 - He goes all-in on the flop. Folded

Next couple of hands, A K off-suit. Flat calls 15k, Flop is J 9 something. All-in on flop. Folded

Final loss: Went all-in against 15k raiser. Hand is A 10 vs. Q J.

The advice I was given is that I should push all-in pre-flop but is there a better way to play these cards?

Anyone experiencing the same problems? Could not spot a support forum.

I tend to self sabotage myself during dry bouts during bubble time.

In one extreme, I could outlast 3-5 players by playing extreme TW but eventually I get cracked and I only get to the final two table.

In the other extreme, I get this image of being an unpredictable dangerous bluffer beginner who gets lucky that when I get a string of bad losses in live games I overplay underdog cards.

By underdog cards (I don't know the proper name), I would shove the next great hand I have if I can read that we are both suited but the other player has a higher kicker pre-flop with the mindset of trying to create this fearsome LAG type of image despite losing three to four times in huge losses (but with enough chips to reach the final table without needing to win big).

Example I read my opponent as having A suited plus a face card and I reraised him all-in preflop with J 10 suited. Turns out we were both suited but neither of us hit anything at the flop - I just don't know what kind of raise I could do to make him fold at the flop since my table image is LW/TW rarely TAG/LAG (I am trying to shift to that but lack of knowledge on how to improve my Turn aggression keeps me behind tables where these players would 2BB/3BB with 500/1000 blinds and above and bad cards or good cards that lose any non-bluff value at the flop.)

I'm a beginner LW player who plays horrible TAG and I often lose to donkey all-in calls like...

A 8 vs. A K. Flop had A 8, he is first to act and he checks. On the turn, a 5 came up and he shoves all-in. Since he checked on the flop, I was reading him as having top pair with a lower kicker.

Reverse of this is limping with AA so on the flop, the player gets trips but he slow played it until he gets a full house on the river. Once again, I could not read his hand because I had the lower chips but I was afraid of a low pocket which he had but once I received the actual two pairs I do not know how to test raise his hand since I am in deep waters.

There are other hands such as not shoving all-in with two pairs on the flop and opponent gets his higher two pair on the river or I had flush draw and straight draw but opponent has A K suited so it did not matter how I had the flush and if these were isolated cases, I guess these would be considered bad beats but ever since I try practicing changing my betting habits to raises I get sucked in by these kinds of cards which prevents me from doing well in tournaments.

The toughest part is where better players can play loose (semi-bluff) and I am afraid to call them out despite a read because of these kinds of previous bad beats so I stay TW then raise like LW and stay in a tournament longer than them but I end up getting into an inconsistent tight spot where I am usually folding to reraises because I raise something callable and vice versa I get over aggressive because my set up ends up getting sets but when these low stake opponents raise all-in I already put too much in.