Don’t Slow Wager Your Way Out Of Large Pots!
Posted in Poker on 11/01/2012 06:21 pm by Shelby
Slow play is actually a term used in poker – particularly Texas Holdem – for trying to lure your opponents into producing a big wager so that you can trap them and take down an enormous pot.
It is usually used with a very very good pre-flop hands such as pocket Aces on Kings. In place of wagering big, the gradual gambler will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a hands worth wagering, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will are available in with a big bet.
It is actually a classic poker manouever and one which has won a great deal of money for poker players down by means of the ages, but it has lost it is effectiveness. The basic reason for this is that everybody is now slow playing their huge hands so it truly is practically expected.
So how do you use this predicament to your advantage?
In case you catch an enormous palm, you have to come out betting. In place of trying to tempt your competitors into creating a move so which you can come in over the top, make the bet yourself. Now most amateur players baulk in the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their large palm, except in reality you may normally always acquire several wagering action from somebody.
By betting your major hand in place of gradual betting it, that you are performing a double bluff since most people today would gradual wager on it. Your opponents will typically assume you’re bluffing and you are going to have several betting action and ultimately win a lot more money.
The other reason you ought to wager is that in the event you do not bet, you might be allowing your competitors a free of cost look at the cards and each and every time a card is turned over they could be converting a losing hand to a winning one.
There’s only one situation where it will generally pay to sluggish bet on your hand – when you flop an absolute monster that almost cannot be beaten. For instance say you are dealt Ace, Four of clubs and the flop is Queen, 10, 9 of clubs. You have just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty significantly unbeatable. OK somebody could have a pair of Queens, 10s or 9s and catch a 4th on the turn or river, or they may be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, except the chances of you not succeeding are now remote.
This is the time to slow bet on your hand. There are all sorts of hands that someone else may well be holding to produce them think they’re in a good position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples and even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they have got the chances are any individual will believe it is worth wagering. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or 9 you could possibly obtain an enormous raise or even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them construct the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.