Don't give freecards

[Penguinfan]

Here's what pisses me off about people chasing, especially in limit, you bet to protect your hand and they chase reguardless of the pot odds and finally catch on the river only to raise you, yea I know thats poker, but you MFer, you knew you were beat the whole way, caught against the odds then raise me. This is why I bet the whole way and if a flush or straight card falls on the river I just check even if they check first, I mean they are only going to check-raise you if they suck out and they aren't calling the last bet if they missed the draw so you really don't lose any equity in the long run by checking here.

[sjay2k]

LOL yeah I agree. Tonight I was playing limit, got AA in the small blind. Pot was raised (all in by the short stack), I re-raised and the BB called. Flop comes K-blank-blank. I bet... called. Turn comes Q. I bet... called. River is 7... I bet... re-raised...I call. He had Q7o. ARHRHRHRHRHRH... horrible play.

[TajaUk]

Thats why if i ever wanna play a hand, I always raise the BB so they dont catch me up for free.

[hackers238]

Yeah I need to stop trying to be so tricky... especially in freerolls. I was just in the pokerchamps freeroll and I hit trips on the Flop. I checked it, and it was checked around. Then a third club came on the turn, and my turn bet wasnt enough to drive out some idiot with pocket nines and a club. Of course the river came another club and I lost the hand to the flush.

Shoulda pushed harder on the flop.

[eddo31]

all of the advice here has to be taken lightly, i think. every different situation deserves a different play, and ruling out slowplaying strong hands is a bad idea. the problem is generally that people slowplay weak hands, and then they get pissed when someone hits their straight or flush. you cant slowplay top pair, top kicker, or something like that. adjust your play to what the different possibilities out there are.

slowplaying can cost you money, but at the same time if you let someone hit top pair when you have a set, or let someone draw to a flush when you have a boat, you will get paid off. playing very strong hands fast will probably lose you just as much money in the long run, but people do not realize this because they win the pot.

every dollar on the table is equally important, so not maximizing your wins is just as bad as making a bad call and losing a hand.

[jdiana86]

Yes, slowplaying can be effective and it is easy enough to know when to use it. When you have a made hand and you are letting your opponent draw to a lesser made hand. And of course never slowplay bottom full's.

[GeoffM]

I only slow play in certain situations. In ring games I will rarely slow play anytime at all. In tournies, I like to slow play when I am chip leader or at least have everyone covered on the hand in question.

[Defendant]

One rule to slowplaying anything below a boat: NEVER slowplay with 2 to a flush on the board unless youre sure the other person isnt drawing to a flush (i.e. has a made hand)

Defendant