Straight
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 249
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Here's a trick if you're playing against good players. At 50NL you should probably just keep playing like you did this one. But at the higher limits, once you've repped a big pocket pair and they STILL call you on the flop, then you must suspect a set if there's no draw.
So check the turn. Some of the people here will tell you that I'm smoking crack. But if you reraise preflop, flop has no draw, and they call your pot sized bet, then it's MUCH more likely that they have a set than a hand that you can beat.
The chance of being up against another overpair is small after they call the flop because normally they will RAISE on the flop to see where they stand.
This is what checking the turn does for you - it shows weakness. Many times they will make only a moderate bet on the river to draw you in giving you a much cheaper showdown.
Now here's the beauty of it. If they check the river PUSH ALL IN. It not only looks like a bluff, but you know they don't have a set or a big hand. No one check raises weakness.
But again, at lower limits this does not apply as much.
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