Don Not Slow Bet Your Way Away From Big Pots!
Gradual play can be a term used in poker - specifically Texas Holdem - for trying to lure your competitors into generating a large bet so that you simply can trap them and take down a big pot.
It's usually used with a very very good pre-flop palm such as pocket Aces on Kings. Instead of betting massive, the gradual gambler 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 are available in with a big wager.
It is really a classic poker manouever and one which has won a lot of money for poker players down by way of the ages, except it has lost it's effectiveness. The easy reason for this is that everybody is now slow wagering their massive hands so it's nearly expected.
So how do you use this predicament to your advantage?
If you catch a big hands, you have to arrive out wagering. As an alternative to wanting to tempt your opponents into generating a move so that you can come in more than the top, produce the wager yourself. Now most amateur gamblers baulk at the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their massive hand, except in reality you are going to typically generally have a few wagering action from somebody.
By wagering your big palm instead of slow playing it, you are performing a double bluff since most folks would sluggish bet on it. Your competitors will frequently assume you happen to be bluffing and you are going to acquire a few wagering action and ultimately win extra money.
The other reason you must wager is that when you do not bet, you are allowing your competitors a free of charge look at the cards and each time a card is turned more than they could be converting a losing hands to a succeeding one.
There's only one scenario where it will constantly pay to gradual bet on your hands - when you flop an absolute monster that practically can not be beaten. For instance say you're dealt Ace, Four of clubs and the flop is Queen, 10, 9 of clubs. You have just flopped the nut flush and you are pretty much unbeatable. OK someone could have a pair of Queens, Tens or 9s and catch a 4th on the turn or river, or they may very well be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, except the odds of you not succeeding are now remote.
This is the time to slow play your hand. You will discover all sorts of hands that any person else may be holding to produce them consider they're in a excellent position here; 2 other clubs, a straight draw, triples or even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they've got the chances are any person will believe it's worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, 10 or 9 you could possibly receive an enormous raise or even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them build the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.
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