How do you know when to fold or not to fold

Through my experience in playing poker for the past 2 years, I see many reasons to call a bluff, or a hand you know you have that is great. Still these are some possibility that it's not the greatest. Do you call or do you not? We all know pocket AA and KK aren't the best. Even though they are, they still get cracked. I had pocket threes once. On the flop hit trips. How would I know that some might already had the straight or higher trips. It's just unbeleivable how things can happen when luck doesn't come your way. Well the question is do you call it all the way down or do you raise it.

ive certainly done that! ive started folding small pairs 2 - 4 sometimes...

But i always fold pairs below 6 if i dont get trips after the flop!!

Else it is just lost money - unless off cause u have straight or flush chanches

Who hasnt? in tournaments a hand like 88 or 99 is the death of me, if i raise i feel pot commited and play the hand out.....and sometimes overplay and overpay

the question may be how long in the tourny do you want to survive and are you near itm one thing i find people not doing is folding when they know the board doesnt agree with the pocket pair they are holding if you have to spent chips to chase your hand then most times you should fold and not call the bets that are being throw around chances are he's not bluffing and u lose chips and the chance that u hit ur trips on the turn or river means he has had the same chances to hit his str or flush which usally hit on the river out of no where best bet is to fold then to chase in my opinion

I just hate low PPs, and if I hit a set on the flop, I feel like I am going to be all in no matter what.

in poker most times its the wisest to take what ya can get from who ya can ya dont always have to put all all ur chips in the pot to win wisest players protect themselves and its so much fun when ya slow play a really good trips or know when to fold them when they are beat without losing ur stack but thats called survivial always remeber how bad do u want to make itm and or the final table dont rush in play the players at the table not just your cards

I think getting some software and keeping track of players really helps as well.

"Know your opponents" put them on a range of hands

Persoanlly, I LOVE to bluff, so most of the time I stay in. I almost always stay for the first flop, then I know if I am in or out of it.

See, I can't bluff. I just have this mentality that I AM ALWAYS GOING TO GET CALLED. I feel like people can see right through me and it drives me nuts.

It really comes down to how the other player thinks, once you know how they play it's fairly easy to tell if they're bluffing or not. The play back feature really helps, as you review the hand from the other person's point of view and try and understand what they're probably thinking. After awhile you can stick a note on them and have a fair idea on how they play. However there's always those times where you just have to call and hope you have the best hand.

There many variables that go into folding or betting, you cant really sum up a rule for when to fold,bluff or bet. You just have to keep in mind whats on the board and how strong your hand is. If you have pocket 3's and the flop is 3,2,4 then you have to think to yourself weather you think you have a strong hand against whoever is in the pot, while also taking pot odds into consideration( Pot odds are say your last to act and three people before you call the bet then your getting 4 to 1 on your call). Generally if I had a weak pocket pair Ill tend to play passive with it and if you hit trips with your weak pair Id say just through out a tiny bet and see how your oppents react to it then act from there.

I sometimes make the mistake of calling just to see what the other person has.. So I can use that later on (Especially in a tourney)

you will usally get called 75% of the time post-flop mainly because more people in the pot... the idea is not to throw much at it when your bluffing to keep you afloat if you get caught.... a call either signifies a chasing player (so keep you eyes out for flushes or straights) or someone with a already made hand and are relying on you to hang your self with commiting more and more chips in the pot.

after the turn when if still looks tastey to try to take the pot down... well do just that do another raise (the size of the raise depends on their chips stack, your chip stack, blinds and pot size) you will get called 40% of the time about here... so keep your eyes open to what hands he or she is trying or has made... i find trips the hardest to notice)

you called your down on the river card, either a simple check here will do if you know your beat or if you feel there is a busted flush or straight draw on the table assert pressure on them fire a 3rd bullit on them either from 1/2 pot to all-in (all-in is a last resort if your oppenent has a bigger stack than you and if there short stacked as they may just call you anyway) all-in should be used on a smaller stack than yours so it would put them out but leave you in shape to re-build your stack.

if caught bluffing stay low and play tight for a while to build your rep up again

I know when to fold when the odds are REALLY against me...I don't keep track of my opponents even though I know I should,this can't help a lot in an uncertain situation

when i got kk,aa,qq...i make big raise....so that when the flop came...i prepare to jam.....never slow play.
Because i am not good enough to fold those hand...still learning

I'm not sure I have any idea how to answer that question,,, if I knew I would be rich (maybe) lol

I think it´s depends...If it´s a live game is easier to know a bluff, but online it´s very difficult...Zab, what software do you recommend to "know your oponent"?

for sure pay attention to how players play.... good luck

I just hate low PPs, and if I hit a set on the flop, I feel like I am going to be all in no matter what.