Hero folding KK BvsB AKA trusting your gut

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Hero folding KK BvsB AKA trusting your gut

Hey RIO,

I have a problem trusting my gut/instincts in-game in spots where I feel I should deviate heavily from GTO play, especially when the deviation should be in the direction of over folding. I also think this is one of the biggest tilt triggers for me. When I decide not to go with my gut instinct in these spots and the result is bad, that is a huge tilt trigger and I end up thinking about the spot and keep coming back to it in my mind for the rest of my session. Here's a specific spot that just came up in a session:

$1/2 Zone (Fast Fold) Anonymous poker on Bovada

Folds to me in SB, I open KK to 6 (100bb effective)
BB 3bets to 16
I 4bet to 40
BB clicks it back with a 5b to 66 after thinking a few seconds

Pot right now is 106, if I call it will be 132 and its 20 for me to call. Those are insane pot odds.

My instincts are SCREAMING that this is a clear spot for an exploitative fold pre. I do my best to take Nick Howard's approach of using range confidence intervals in my decision process, but in this pool vs. this action I can't feel good about giving villain a range wider than:

100% of AA
70-100% of the 1 combo of KK
10-25% of AK, QQ

Against this range we are absolutely crushed, and we can't really call to setmine with the low SPR. I had a moment in my thought process in this hand where I felt very strongly I should fold. Then I second guessed myself, and called cause "pot odds".

Flop Jxx rainbow 130$

I check, villain Jams remaining 150.

Again, this should be a clear fold IMO. Even if villain jams his entire range here, They just don't get to the flop with enough hands we are doing well against to make this a call. Also I think it's possible that some amount of the time the villain type that 5b clicks AK pre will be occasionally checking it back here.

I don't think calling pre or on the flop are justified here. I also think that if I can find a fold in this spot pre that is a massive edge I can have in the pool.

How can I learn to consistently trust my instincts in game???

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