Your holding a pair and on the flop you hit trips. Check or Raise?
I ask this because whats the best way to suck your opponent(s) in when you do hit trips on the flop while holding a pair? (Like AA, JJ, 1010, whatever)
Should you check? This would give the impression that you have garbage and when they raise, you can re raise and hopefully try to go all in with them calling or you yourself calling their all in.
Or should you just raise and take down the pot right then and there to avoid further risks?
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Originally Posted by darbday
with my image I can raise and will likely get shoved almost everytime...image is key i think...
Naw.... vast majority never believe I have it and pay me off.. And I'm the tightest player you will ever meet. Image is really not that important at 1/2 donk tables. Lately I have been betting out more as the check raise route seems to induce too many folds. Important thing here is opponents, board texture, stack size and your position.
Naw.... vast majority never believe I have it and pay me off.. And I'm the tightest player you will ever meet. Image is really not that important at 1/2 donk tables. Lately I have been betting out more as the check raise route seems to induce too many folds. Important thing here is opponents, board texture, stack size and your position.
ok ok...table dynamics then becomes the important consideration...
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I think I'll just get it in bad here and chalk it up to variance.
It really depends on your opponent's tendencies and the board. Ideally you want to get as much money into the middle as possible, but your opponent needs to have hit something to make it happen.
If you have 66 on a K63 flop, you will usually get paid and maybe be able to play for stacks, against a player with a king.
If you have JJ on a J74 flop, you're usually better off playing your hand slowly, as it's much less likely your opponent has hit the board.
If there is a flush draw or obvious straight draws, you usually want to set yourself up for a slightly less than pot-sized shove on a blank turn card, so you'll usually want to make a small raise and get your opponent to commit their stack on a draw with one card to come.
Your ability to do this will often depend on your position, your image (I do think this is important to be honest), and on your opponent's willingness to put chips in the pot with one pair or better hands.
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Image is really not that important at 1/2 donk tables. Lately I have been betting out more as the check raise route seems to induce too many folds. Important thing here is opponents, board texture, stack size and your position.
