Originally Posted by okiman

Agreed. Slowplaying is for hands that aren't vunerable. Your hand is vulnerable. Bet/raise.

Originally Posted by RML604

I'm new to cash games, but I'll give this a shot.

If it's a limped pot and you have flopped a monster hand such as the nuts Yup , then obviously you want as many people chasing their draws as possible Yup , so you should just call and hope that someone catches up to a big 2nd best Noooooo. You bet! So that weak players call (hint, everyone's first reaction to a bet is to call) and if they make a weak 2 pair, they're stacking off to you. If the continue to have top pair, they may stack off to you. If they get frisky and bluff you, they stack off to you. NEVER SLOWPLAY!. If your hand is vulnerable though, you should definitely raise on the flop and make people pay to draw. Yup

If I am in position and was the pre-flop aggressor (this is assuming HU), I typically throw in a 1/3-1/2 pot bet I bet more, 3/4th to pot sized. LOL at ever betting 1/3 without attempting to induce a raise, because I want it to look like a continuation bet rather than a value bet. However, at low levels checking behind probably isn't as suspicious as it is against thinking opponents, so that's an option. pain... filling my body However, depending on your hand, you may be giving your opponent a free draw to a hand that beats you, so you should only do that on a dry board.

In this particular hand, I probably raise the flop. YAY! If a scare card comes on the turn, he's not going to put more money into the pot Just pretend everyone's gut reaction is to call, so I want to get as much in on the flop as I can. I never slow play because most of the time I get burnt when I doLessons learned, and it's just not worth it, especially at low limits where opponents call with ATC.Yay! Like I said, gut reaction is to call!

Again, I am new to cash, so take this with a grain of salt.

Originally Posted by gosam

The way I played I got some money from a KQ+ type of hand. Had I donked into him he'd probably have folded.

I don't slowplay much, but when I have trips and I suspect I'm against unpaired broadways, I try to let villain have some reason to fight for the pot.

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

1.20 to 1.80. When villain raises, my default is to 3 bet. But sometimes I either think he's bluffing or figure he's weak and will fold to my big man-sized bets and I will call to induce and check/raise all in on the turn. Even a diamond turn. But, usually 3 bet. Lots of worse hands he can call with.

Originally Posted by gosam

Turn: ($3.60, 2 players)
newgosam checks, Fuxchen bets $2, newgosam raises to $5, Fuxchen folds

Originally Posted by Erpel

Raising low, the way you've done in this hand, practically ensures you will never get decent value out of your sets. If he has a hand that's good enough to call a raise to $5, he probably has a hand that's good enough to call a raise to $9.6.

Originally Posted by gosam

Ok, so always raise the flop.
That'll take some discipline to do, but I'll try.