Opposite of Seeing Monsters Under the Bed

[jes123]

As of late, I have had trouble laying down hands after a scary river card hits, especially if I have committed a significant portion of my stack to the pot. In the past, I was probably guilty of too much fear, but I have now swung the other way and it has proven to be very unhealthy to my stack. I have included a couple of hands below as examples.

What can I do to stop making these calls?

Thanks.

Hand #1:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

Hero (t1570)
MP1 (t1450)
MP2 (t1430)
MP3 (t1570)
CO (t810)
Button (t1460)
SB (t2210)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1400)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t50</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls t30.

Flop: (t160) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t300</font>, Hero calls t200.

Turn: (t760) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t300</font>, Hero calls t300.

River: (t1360) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t850 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t850.

Final Pot: t3060

Hand #2:
PartyPoker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

UTG+1 (t1710)
UTG+2 (t1275)
Hero (t1155)
MP2 (t1080)
MP3 (t1100)
CO (t1055)
Button (t390)
SB (t1495)
BB (t1455)
Villain (t1015)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls 15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero calls 15</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t55) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG bets 55, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, BB folds, UTG calls 95.

Turn: (t355) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero bets t350, BB calls t350.

River: (t1055) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t500 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t500.

Final Pot: t2055