Don't give freecards

[TajaUk]

Thats why if i ever wanna play a hand, I always raise the BB so they dont catch me up for free.

[hackers238]

Yeah I need to stop trying to be so tricky... especially in freerolls. I was just in the pokerchamps freeroll and I hit trips on the Flop. I checked it, and it was checked around. Then a third club came on the turn, and my turn bet wasnt enough to drive out some idiot with pocket nines and a club. Of course the river came another club and I lost the hand to the flush.

Shoulda pushed harder on the flop.

[eddo31]

all of the advice here has to be taken lightly, i think. every different situation deserves a different play, and ruling out slowplaying strong hands is a bad idea. the problem is generally that people slowplay weak hands, and then they get pissed when someone hits their straight or flush. you cant slowplay top pair, top kicker, or something like that. adjust your play to what the different possibilities out there are.

slowplaying can cost you money, but at the same time if you let someone hit top pair when you have a set, or let someone draw to a flush when you have a boat, you will get paid off. playing very strong hands fast will probably lose you just as much money in the long run, but people do not realize this because they win the pot.

every dollar on the table is equally important, so not maximizing your wins is just as bad as making a bad call and losing a hand.

[jdiana86]

Yes, slowplaying can be effective and it is easy enough to know when to use it. When you have a made hand and you are letting your opponent draw to a lesser made hand. And of course never slowplay bottom full's.

[GeoffM]

I only slow play in certain situations. In ring games I will rarely slow play anytime at all. In tournies, I like to slow play when I am chip leader or at least have everyone covered on the hand in question.

[badblood44]

Is SSHE, Ed Miller recommends never to slow play (the book is about Limit Hold 'em).

Basically, most people will chase and pay you off. You should take advantage of that and hammer the pot even with a made hand. The extra size of these pots will compensate for the times you get out drawn by the morons who should have folded pre-flop.

[Defendant]

One rule to slowplaying anything below a boat: NEVER slowplay with 2 to a flush on the board unless youre sure the other person isnt drawing to a flush (i.e. has a made hand)

Defendant