Play by Play - Smooth Call
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A smooth call is the act of just calling a bet or raise with a very powerful hand
in order to conceal your strength
and keep all the attention on the initial raiser. This is one of those tricky type plays
that I would not recommend doing too often. However, the smooth call can be very deceiving
and lead to larger pots.
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In the below hand, you'll see that I am seated at the small blind and am dealt Big Slick.
I smooth call the minimum raise and wait for the flop. To my utter joy, I flop AAJ, so I've
hit pretty big. Again, since I smooth called pre- flop, my opponents probably think I have
nothing. I parlay that strategy along with a check here, looking for the check raise.
The action is perfect, one player bets $5, another player calls, and then it's back to me. Now,
I go for the kill, and re- raise $15. Check it out:
***** HPlayer8 History for Game XXXXXX *****
0/0 TexasHTGameTable (NL) - Thu Jan 15 23:18:27 EST 2004
Table Card Room Table 2992 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Player1 ( $21.15)
Seat 2: FlopTurnRiver ( $31.35)
Seat 3: Player3 ( $33.45)
Seat 4: Player4 ( $43.60)
Seat 5: Player5 ( $21.55)
Seat 6: Player6 ( $41.45)
Seat 7: Player7 ( $26.10)
Seat 9: Player9 ( $24.30)
Seat 10: Player10 ( $21.25)
FlopTurnRiver posts small blind (0.25)
Player3 posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to FlopTurnRiver [ Kh, As ]
Player4 folds.
Player6 folds.
Player7 raises (1) to 1
Player9 calls (1)
Player10 folds.
Player1 folds.
FlopTurnRiver calls (0.75)
Player3 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ad, Ah, Jh ]
FlopTurnRiver checks.
Player7 bets (5)
Player9 calls (5)
FlopTurnRiver raises (15) to 15
Player7 folds.
Player9 raises (18.30) to 23.30
Player9 calls all-In.
FlopTurnRiver calls (8.30)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4d ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 2d ]
Creating Main Pot with $52.35 with Player9
** Summary **
Main Pot: $52.35 | | Rake: $2.75
Board: [ Ad Ah Jh 4d 2d ]
Player1 balance $21.15, didn't bet (folded)
FlopTurnRiver balance $59.40, bet $24.30, collected $52.35, net +$28.05 [ Kh As ] [ three of a kind, aces with king kicker -- As,Ad,Ah,Kh,Jh ]
Player3 balance $32.95, lost $0.50 (folded)
Player4 balance $43.60, didn't bet (folded)
Player5 balance $21.55, sits out
Player6 balance $41.45, didn't bet (folded)
Player7 balance $20.10, lost $6 (folded)
Player9 balance $0, lost $24.30 [ Ac Th ] [ three of a kind, aces -- Ac,Ad,Ah,Jh,Th ]
Player10 balance $21.25, didn't bet (folded)
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