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

[charlieD]

hand 1
i reraise all in on the flop if he has a set goodluck to him

hand 2
its quite possible he has an ace and is using the scare card to get you to lay down the best hand. also if he has a flush draw i cant see him calling 350 on the turn with the both of you only having 500 behind, its just not worth it. unless he paired the ten as well.
so i'm going broke here also

Hand 1 - raise more pf, re-raise A LOT (3 to 4 times his bet) on the flop.

Hand 2 - Raise 3-4xBB pf or fold. Horrible EP limping hand for all the reasons that came to pass in your post.

Hand #1: I'm reraising the pot or larger when he raises your flop bet. Might even push.

Hand #2: If the guy is gonna call a pot-sized bet with one card to go and a Flush draw, so be it. He could even have A9 and be real excited over his 2 pair. I'm calling here.

[jes123]

Hand #1: My line was quite a departure from my normal play with AA in this scenario.

Hand #2: I am glad to hear that my call was not crazy. I didn't like seeing the spade, but I also thought he could be overplaying an ace or lower two pair.