In a typical poker tournament, players will see hundreds of hands (or thousands if they make it deep into the tournament). In your home game, you can easily see hundreds of hands. In my weekly Friday Night Poker games, we always see the turn and river cards, even if everyone folds after the flop. If you've already folded, but others are still in the hand, you're always going to see the next cards. Very often, you made a smart fold and then cards that would have improved your hand will come on the turn or the river. Does that make you mad? Get over it. What about when you think you should have won a hand, but then someone chased the river card and sucked out a win? Does that make you mad? Get over it.
When stuff like this happens, you really do just have to get over it. You need a terrible memory. Forget the last hand. That hand is over. The next hand is coming. If you're still angry over the previous hand, how do you think you're going to feel after this hand? You're going to make "pissed off" bets. You'll go down with "sunken chips". You'll make a stupid bet or a bad raise and you'll get called. Then, you're sitting around waiting for the next game to start.
If you feel yourself getting upset over hands, stand up and walk away from the table. Lose your blinds, but don't lose your mind. Just get over it.
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