Three No-Limit Plays That Give Away Your Hand

after reading this article I immediately applied it to my game, looking for my own weaknesses and my opponents. Over the next few days, I made the same amount that it would have taken me 2 hours in 20 min.

I am now prompted to buy the book you have co-authored.

lp:

Although I certainly think highly of all Ed’s books, your post indicates that you’re thinking quite wrong about poker. No 20-minute session, not even 30-tabling, is going to give you a sufficient sample to judge whether you’re playing better.

Ed,

I have read many of your books (as well as many others) and think this kind of betting pattern analysis with specific examples is the most glaring gap in the poker literature. I think this is a good part of the feel that good players gain from experience and which beginning/developing players need help in learning.

I think it could be really powerful when combined with player types. For example, (and more as examples than necessarily correct) if you face a checkraise from a passive player it means a very strong hand whereas the same move from a very aggressive player could also be a draw or a pure bluff as well. If you raise a weak lead on the flop and get called, it may be a weak one pair, a draw or a slow-played monster. If the opponent is a calling station it is more likely to be a weak one pair or draw whereas this is less likely with a tight aggressive player (unless you have a loose aggressive image).

Irrespective of the quality of my own insights, I think drawing on your experience to discuss various betting patterns cross-referenced by player types would be very valuable. You discussed this a bit in PNL regarding willigness to stack off (SPRs) for various opponent types. I would love if you would do more along this line in terms of the betting patterns and the same player types. For example, what do various betting patterns over multiple streets (check-raise, check-call then donk bet, reraise) typically mean for various player types? For live play (i.e. lack of pokertracker), what do certain betting patterns indicate about a person’s playing style and what other types of betting patterns they might employ?

In short, I loved this article and would love to see more, whether here or in your next book(s).

Thanks!

What about the guy that makes the tantalizingly small continuation bet just to draw suspicion and a raise, then checks on the turn so his opponent will continue to fire?

Cinch

TO be fair…..were not realy sure what IP makes in two hours…..