Comments on: Alas, An Overcard http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/articles/alas-an-overcard.html Training poker players into professional players Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: throllop http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/articles/alas-an-overcard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15859 throllop Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:23:46 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/?p=934#comment-15859 Hero could have avoided this uncomfortable situation by making a resteal (i.e. check and raise) move on the flop or turn. When an opponent telegraphs weakness with wimpy bets like this, he's very vulnerable to a raise, and you can probably get a weak king (his most likely holding) to fold. A second reason for such a play is that you need to mix aggressive moves into your play anyway, and this is a good place to do it. But the most important reason to raise early in the hand is that it's a cheaper way to find out how much your opponent likes his hand than calling bigger and bigger bets till the end. If your opponent calls a check-raise and still keeps coming at you, you can fold your jacks with a clear conscience. Hero could have avoided this uncomfortable situation by making a resteal (i.e. check and raise) move on the flop or turn. When an opponent telegraphs weakness with wimpy bets like this, he’s very vulnerable to a raise, and you can probably get a weak king (his most likely holding) to fold. A second reason for such a play is that you need to mix aggressive moves into your play anyway, and this is a good place to do it. But the most important reason to raise early in the hand is that it’s a cheaper way to find out how much your opponent likes his hand than calling bigger and bigger bets till the end. If your opponent calls a check-raise and still keeps coming at you, you can fold your jacks with a clear conscience.

]]> By: garcia1000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/articles/alas-an-overcard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15843 garcia1000 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:50:10 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/?p=934#comment-15843 How about raising the turn to, say, $10? It is a semi-bluff. True, it represents nothing, but an opponent who would bet $2 into a $10 pot probably won't be thinking about that. How about raising the turn to, say, $10? It is a semi-bluff. True, it represents nothing, but an opponent who would bet $2 into a $10 pot probably won’t be thinking about that.

]]> By: Ed Miller http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/articles/alas-an-overcard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15842 Ed Miller Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:03:57 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/?p=934#comment-15842 SBruno, Guys often won't take free cards in this situation and instead will opt to make these small bets with draws and weak made hands. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a good strategy, but people do it all the time. SBruno,

Guys often won’t take free cards in this situation and instead will opt to make these small bets with draws and weak made hands. I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s a good strategy, but people do it all the time.

]]> By: SBruno http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/articles/alas-an-overcard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15840 SBruno Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:14:41 +0000 http://www.notedpokerauthority.com/?p=934#comment-15840 "The turn was the Q :spade: . My reader checked, his opponent bet $2 into the $10.25 pot" "That turn bet, especially, reeks of weakness." If the opponent really was weak (and especially if he was on a draw), why didn't he just take the offered free card? A $2 bet as a semi-bluff doesn't make any sense: we had called a larger bet on the flop. “The turn was the Q :spade: . My reader checked, his opponent bet $2 into the $10.25 pot”
“That turn bet, especially, reeks of weakness.”

If the opponent really was weak (and especially if he was on a draw), why didn’t he just take the offered free card? A $2 bet as a semi-bluff doesn’t make any sense: we had called a larger bet on the flop.

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