The Purpose Of Playing Poker Is The Same: To Win And Win As Much Money As Possible. To Use A Variety Of Strategies But The Sole Goal Of Every Player Is To Win.
One Of The Most Common Mistakes That Novice Poker Players Make Is Slow-Playing Too Much. So How Do You Win If You Keep Checking? Remember, You Have To Make Pots By Betting Big Hands UFABET.
Don’t Let Your Monster Hand Go To Waste By Slow Play.
Let’s Look At An Example To Understand More.
Effective Stacks $200; Blinds $1/$2
You Are On The Button And Have A Hand Of 6♥6♣
The Player From Early Position Raises $6 And You Call.
The Flop Opens To 3♣6♠A♣, Your Opponent Bets $10 And You Call.
Turn Opens To 10 Opponent Bets $18 And You Call
The River Opens To 7 Opponent Checks And You Bet $35.
Competitor Calls
You Have A Set Of Sixes And Your Opponent Has A♠K♣ You Win The Pot $138 And You Might As Well Say Good. But You Know, This Isn’t A Good Game At All.
If You Flop A Big Hang Like A Set, You Should Play For The Stack Because This Is What You’ve Been Waiting For All Day. So Why When An Opportunity Comes And You Get Stuck In A Big Hang, Still Slow Play? That’s A Really Flawed Strategy.
Big Poker Hands Also Have To Suit Big Pots.
When You Flop A Monster, You’re Trying To Beat Your Opponent’s Stack, And It’s Impossible To Beat Him In Slow-Play. Because Of What Because When You Slow-Play You Usually Only Win The Small Pot.
If Your Goal Is To Stack The Pot, It Will Be Very Difficult If You Do It When The Pot Is Small. You Can’t Bet $200 Into A $4 Pot, Can You? Why Not Try To Gradually Build The Pot Along The Way, The Pot Will Be Big Enough For You To Stack Up At The Right Time.
From The Example Above It’s Very Hard To Invest When You’ve Already Called In The Last 2 Streets, But If You Switch To A Flop Raise And Your Opponent Calls, Followed By Top Pair, Top Kicker, Or Whatever They Think They Are. If So, The Pot Will Go Much Further.
Let’s Look At Another Example Of Creating A Pot Without Slow Play.
Effective Stacks $200; Blinds $1/$2
You Are At Cut-Off And Have A Hand Of 6 6♣
The Player From Early Position Bets $6, Everyone Else Folds And You Call.
Then Heads-Up And Flop Open To 3♣6♠A♣ Opponent Bets $10.
You Raise $45 And Your Opponent Calls
Turn Opens To 10 Competitor Checks And Now Has $102 In The Pot And You Have Less Than $150 Left To Stack.
You Bet $70 And Your Opponent Calls.
The River Opens To 7 Opponent Checks And You Bet $80.
Your Opponent Calls And Shows An A♠K♣ And With Your Set Of Sixes You Win $400 Pot.
As You Can See, Making More And More Pots Makes It Easier To Stack Into The Pot, And When The Pot Is Large Enough, It Can Cause Opponents To Incorrect Odds Because By The River They’ve Already Landed 60% Of Their Stack And The Pot Yielded. At 4-1 For His Call, It’s Hard To Fold.
Read Up To Here And You’re Probably Wondering If Slow Play Shouldn’t Be Used At All?
In That Poker There Is No One Technique That Is Always Right For Every Situation. You Have To Adapt Different Techniques To The Situation. Your Image And Trends Of Competitors Before You Decide What Action To Take, We’re Not Saying Slow Play Is Forbidden, Just Letting You Choose To Use It.