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Slowplaying
- What criteria must be met for a slow playing to be correct ?
- Your hand must be very strong.
- You probably will chase everyone out by betting, but you have a good chance of winning a large. pot if you check.
- The Free Card that you are giving has good possibilities of making second best hands.
- This free card has little chance of making a better hand or a profitable drawing hand for someone else.
- The pot must not be very large.
- Give an example of correct slowplay ?
You have JJ and the flop comes J♣ 6♥ 2♦.
- But what if you have a lot of opponents ?
Slowplaying may not be correct if the pot has become large.
- If the situation is not perfect, should you slowplay ?
No.
- Example ?
The flop is Q♠ J♠ 3♣ and you have 3♦3♥. You usually should bet or raise on the flop, as your opponents can hold many possible hands, including flush and straight draws. Staying with a draw.
- When is another time that you usually should not slowplay ?
When you have flopped the absolute nuts. This is because an opponent also may have flopped a very strong hand and will give you plenty of action.
- What is an exception ?
You have all the good cards (e.g. you hold A7 and the flop is A77).
- What if you hold two aces and a third ace flops ?
It is generally correct to bet. There is usually not a second-best hand for your opponents to make.
- When would it be right to check in this spot ?
If you think it will entice a bluff.
- What kind of hand to you need to just call someone else’s bet in order to reraise a raiser behind you or to go for a raise on fourth street ?
A hand almost as strong as a regular slow playing hand.
- Give an example of this play online poker?
You flop top pair, and the player on your immediate right bets into you.
You may want to wait until the turn to raise.
However, should a third player raise behind you, it is probably better to reraise on the flop and gain extra bets from all of your opponents.