Posted by Angelique | Posted in Holdem | Posted on 30-11-2010
Sluggish bet on can be a term used in poker – specifically Texas Holdem – for trying to lure your opponents into making a large wager so that you just can trap them and take down a big pot.
It really is usually used with a extremely beneficial pre-flop hands such as pocket Aces on Kings. In place of wagering big, the slow player will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a hand worth wagering, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will are available in with a big wager.
It is really a classic poker manouever and one which has won a great deal of money for poker gamblers down through the ages, except it has lost it’s effectiveness. The simple reason for this is that everybody is now slow playing their major hands so it’s nearly expected.
So how do you use this circumstance to your advantage?
When you catch an enormous palm, you need to come out wagering. As opposed to trying to tempt your competitors into producing a move so that you can are available in over the top, produce the bet yourself. Now most amateur players baulk at the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their massive hand, but in reality you might usually generally acquire a few betting action from somebody.
By wagering your major hands as an alternative to sluggish wagering it, you might be performing a double bluff since most individuals would gradual wager on it. Your opponents will generally assume you are bluffing and you are going to acquire a number of wagering action and ultimately win far more money.
The other reason you should wager is that in case you do not bet, you might be allowing your opponents a free of charge look in the cards and each time a card is turned over they may be converting a losing hands to a succeeding one.
There’s only one predicament where it will usually pay to sluggish bet on your hand – when you flop an absolute monster that almost can not be beaten. As an example say you might be dealt Ace, 4 of clubs and the flop is Queen, Ten, 9 of clubs. You have just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty a lot unbeatable. OK any individual 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, except the chances of you not succeeding are now remote.
This is the time to sluggish play your hand. You can find all sorts of hands that anyone else could possibly be holding to generate them feel they’re 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 chances are any individual will think it is worth wagering. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or Nine you may well receive an enormous raise or even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them develop the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.