Poker can be a brutal game. Whether or not you believe that “it’s not gambling when you’re good at it,” the fact of the matter is that it’s easy to lose any money you put on the table. Of course no one enjoys losing, but many players try so hard to avoid this painful possibility — or eventuality, really — that they end up missing many profitable opportunities.
Perhaps you’ve learned already that it’s usually a bad idea to fold preflop. There are many situations where getting all in with kings is correct not because you are sure your opponent does not have — that’s often impossible to determine — but because you’re sure he could have at least a few hands weaker than your kings, such as or .