Don Not Slow Wager Your Way Out Of Large Pots!
Posted in Poker on 08/03/2013 09:21 pm by Marcus
Slow play is a term used in poker – especially Texas Holdem – for wanting to lure your competitors into making a large bet so that you just can trap them and take down an enormous pot.
It’s usually used with a extremely excellent pre-flop palm such as pocket Aces on Kings. As an alternative to betting massive, the slow gambler will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he does not have a palm worth betting, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will come in with an enormous bet.
It is often a classic poker manouever and one which has won a great deal of money for poker gamblers down through the ages, but it has lost it is effectiveness. The basic reason for this is that everybody is now gradual wagering their massive hands so it’s pretty much expected.
So how do you use this scenario to your advantage?
In case you catch a big palm, you need to come out wagering. As opposed to wanting to tempt your competitors into generating a move so that you simply can come in more than the top, produce the bet yourself. Now most amateur gamblers baulk in the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their major palm, but in reality you are going to normally usually obtain a few betting action from somebody.
By wagering your huge hands instead of sluggish wagering it, you are performing a double bluff since most people today would slow wager on it. Your opponents will usually assume you are bluffing and you’ll obtain a number of wagering action and ultimately win a lot more money.
The other reason you should bet is that if you don’t bet, that you are allowing your opponents a free of charge look at the cards and every time a card is turned over they might be converting a losing palm to a succeeding one.
There’s only one circumstance where it will usually pay to gradual wager on your hands – whenever you flop an absolute monster that practically cannot be beaten. For instance say you might be dealt Ace, Four of clubs and the flop is Queen, Ten, Nine of clubs. You’ve just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty much unbeatable. OK someone could have a pair of Queens, Tens or 9s and catch a fourth on the turn or river, or they could be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, but the odds of you not winning are now remote.
This is the time to slow wager on your hand. There are all sorts of hands that any individual else may possibly be holding to produce them assume they are in a excellent position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples or even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they’ve got the odds are someone will think it’s worth wagering. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or 9 you may well acquire a big raise and even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them create the pot up by just calling the bets and take down the pot with your nut flush.