Don’t Slow Play Your Way Away From Big Pots!
Posted in Poker on 07/13/2013 09:21 am by Valerie
Sluggish play can be a term used in poker – particularly Texas Holdem – for attempting to lure your competitors into generating a large wager so which you can trap them and take down a big pot.
It truly is usually used having a quite great pre-flop hand such as pocket Aces on Kings. Rather than wagering large, the slow player will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a palm worth betting, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will come in with a big bet.
It is often a classic poker manouever and one which has won a lot of money for poker players down through the ages, except it has lost it is effectiveness. The basic reason for this is that everybody is now sluggish betting their large hands so it truly is nearly expected.
So how do you use this situation to your advantage?
When you catch a big hands, you need to come out wagering. Instead of trying to tempt your opponents into producing a move so which you can are available in more than the top, produce the wager yourself. Now most amateur gamblers baulk in the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their big hands, except in reality you will typically generally receive a number of wagering action from somebody.
By wagering your big hands in place of sluggish betting it, you are performing a double bluff since most people would slow wager on it. Your competitors will usually assume you are bluffing and you’ll have some wagering action and ultimately win much more money.
The other reason you must wager is that when you do not wager, that you are allowing your competitors a no cost look in the cards and each time a card is turned over they may very well be converting a losing hand to a succeeding one.
There is only one predicament where it will constantly pay to sluggish bet on your hand – when you flop an absolute monster that nearly cannot be beaten. For instance say you’re dealt Ace, 4 of clubs and the flop is Queen, Ten, 9 of clubs. You’ve just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty significantly unbeatable. OK somebody could have a pair of Queens, Tens or Nines and catch a 4th on the turn or river, or they could possibly 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. You will discover all sorts of hands that somebody else could possibly be holding to generate them feel they are in a very good position here; 2 other clubs, a straight draw, triples and even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they’ve got the odds are any individual will believe it is worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, 10 or Nine you could possibly have a big raise or even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them create the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.