Everything But The Weed

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Linda Maze, a Wedding photography Gainesville FL in Gainesville Florida

At all levels of poker, even in free poker online you can find good cunning players who are able to change gears all through the tournament. At the same time they’re also very good at spotting changes in behaviour in other players. So as well as playing unpredictably themselves they can also spot unpredictable play by others and either set counter traps or just use the knowledge to avoid getting knocked out by ambushes.

In this free poker article we’ll go through a good example of this sort of play where the players “suspicion itch” avoided a costly experience at the hands of another cunning player.

BLINDS 3k/6k

PREFLOP:

A has As-Jd and raises to 16k

This is often a standard raise from early position. But notice B’s audacious, but well-timed reraise:

B has Ac-7s and reraises to 45k

B might be planning to pull any joiners to the Flop in order to try a big continuation bet (AKA C-bet) should other players check at the Flop. By reraising he also deters others from coming in which makes the C-bet more effective. In this example though the reraise was not enough for C:

C has 10d-10c from BB and calls 39k (Pot 117k)

At thus stage A might imagine that B had something such as A-K. Also, B has position over A, so A folds.

FLOP: 10s-4c-Qh

C bets 30k

C, who has a Set, now bets very small! This is kind of odd as Sets should be played strong here since there is a high probability of a Straight draw on the Table (a KJ or AK will be good enough to justify calling a 30k bet on a 117k pot). C is probably hoping that B will figure this to be a C-bet, a bluff, and, considering B was aggressive preflop he hopes B will keep on with the aggressive stance by raising. This will produce a good spot for C to move all-in at.

Now if B thought that C did a continuation bet, he then should respond by raising. However, at a 117,000 pot, how big should a continuation bet be? Half the pot? Equal to the size of the pot? Is a small bet a C-bet? (Looks suspicious).

B is now able to think, rightly, that C had a strong hand when he called B’s preflop reraise (another suspicion), after which C strengthened his hand during the flop, and so is value- betting (third suspicion!).

B cannot raise this (if he did C will push all-in); also, B cannot call this for he’s got Ace-rag which is nothing, and so B folds. Good use of a suspicious activity detector ability!

And so there ends the lesson, maybe not so much a how to play poker for beginners one as it is a bit in depth but if you’re more experienced I’m hoping this resonates with you. To get more practice and learn better the right way to spot suspect actions but without risking money it is a great idea to play free poker tournaments at quality free online poker sites sites before you risk cash on your hunches.