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Mix It Up
2009-07-02 01:37:30
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 Curtis Thomas |
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Q: Why do we bet in poker? A: We bet to build a pot, buy a pot, or to get information. How do we bet: Bet two thirds the pot. Bet half the pot. Bet the pot. Over bet the pot. Under bet the pot. Minimum bet. All In bet. Those are a few examples of common ways to bet. How do we interpret bets? A solid steady player has consistently bet two thirds pot on the flop, then seemingly out of the blue he comes in for a minimum bet. How do we interpret his bet? Weakness? Strength? A loose aggressive player calls out of the blinds and then leads out. Weakness? Strength? There are no right or wrong answers here. Bets are player dependent. I've called a guy 100bb deep when he shoved all in on the flop after flopping the nut flush. Was his play brilliance or lunacy? The purpose of this article is not hand reading. The purpose of this article is to make you think about bet sizing and why you size the way you do. If you think your opponent might actually be capable of drawing conclusions about your bet sizing, then you want to try and make sure he reads the signals you are sending (but not seeing through them.) One way to lock into the efficacy of different plays is to actually try them. Before you make a bet think about why you are betting that size and why. Think about the ways your opponents might react if you cut your bet in half or if you doubled it. Will they see weakness? Strength? What might seem like an obvious move to one player might look like second level play to another. So mix it up, get into your opponents heads, and have fun. GG GL Full Tilt Poker Game #13026962254: $8 + $0.80 Tournament (96683914), Table 14 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:46:51 ET - 2009/06/25 Seat 2: asico (7,195) Seat 3: thaifyta2gzz (3,505) Seat 4: 6-4 NO GOOOOOD (1,360) Seat 5: jalaman (770) Seat 6: Monti060685 (8,367) Seat 7: hokumfool (2,095) Seat 9: daddyo47 (7,205) 6-4 NO GOOOOOD posts the small blind of 50 jalaman posts the big blind of 100 The button is in seat #3 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to hokumfool [Qh Qd] Monti060685 folds masterscruffy sits down masterscruffy has been disconnected masterscruffy adds 2,125 skoby78 sits down skoby78 adds 7,883 hokumfool has 15 seconds left to act masterscruffy has reconnected hokumfool raises to 300 daddyo47 folds asico calls 300 thaifyta2gzz has 15 seconds left to act thaifyta2gzz folds 6-4 NO GOOOOOD folds jalaman folds ------- I make a standard raise with my QQ--------- *** FLOP *** [Td 5s 7h] hokumfool bets 100 --------I min donk bet , what doe smy opponent think? --------------- asico raises to 6,895, and is all in hokumfool calls 1,695, and is all in asico shows [6h 6s] hokumfool shows [Qh Qd] *** TURN *** [Td 5s 7h] [9d] *** RIVER *** [Td 5s 7h 9d] [7c] asico shows two pair, Sevens and Sixes hokumfool shows two pair, Queens and Sevens hokumfool wins the pot (4,340) with two pair, Queens and Sevens *** SUMMARY *** Easy game |
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