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Old 07-14-2005, 08:28 PM     Post subject: Interesting tactic. #1 (permalink)  
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Here's an interesting tactic I thought of recently, and decided to experiment with in this hand. When an opponent makes a small or medium sized bet at a flop, make a small raise with just about anything to see how the opponent reacts. If he shows weakness (e.g., by only calling the small raise, then checking the turn, as happened in this hand), make a substantial bluff on the turn. If your opponent reraises you on the flop, then you just fold your hand with a very small loss, otherwise you've gained valuable information and have increased the size of the pot that you'll probably be able to steal relatively easily.

PokerStars Game #2102570400: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/07/14 - 16:17:14 (ET)
Table 'Isabella' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: barlog ($109.55 in chips)
Seat 2: russ27 ($103.50 in chips)
Seat 3: BigDaddy007 ($78.80 in chips)
Seat 4: dsaxton ($116.50 in chips)
Seat 5: pmilanov ($100 in chips)
Seat 6: h_evans98 ($78.90 in chips)
Seat 7: frankford ($91.15 in chips)
Seat 8: Neutron Girl ($99.70 in chips)
Seat 9: dubbsac37 ($34.80 in chips)
russ27: posts small blind $0.50
BigDaddy007: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dsaxton [8s 8h]
dsaxton: calls $1
pmilanov: folds
h_evans98: folds
frankford: folds
Neutron Girl: folds
dubbsac37: calls $1
barlog: folds
russ27: calls $0.50
BigDaddy007: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh 3c 9s]
russ27: bets $3
BigDaddy007: folds
dsaxton: raises $3 to $6
dubbsac37: folds
russ27: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Qh 3c 9s] [9d]
russ27: checks
dsaxton: bets $12
russ27: folds
dsaxton collected $15.25 from pot
dsaxton: doesn't show hand
Neutron Girl is disconnected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16 | Rake $0.75
Board [Qh 3c 9s 9d]
Seat 1: barlog (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: russ27 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: BigDaddy007 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: dsaxton collected ($15.25)
Seat 5: pmilanov folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: h_evans98 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: frankford folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Neutron Girl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: dubbsac37 folded on the Flop
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Old 07-14-2005, 08:57 PM     Post subject: Re: Interesting tactic. #2 (permalink)  
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I call it the minraise steal, and it happens A LOT at higher levels such as 600 NL on Party
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Old 07-14-2005, 09:04 PM #3 (permalink)  
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I do this quite a bit, especially with an opponent that bets at a lot of pots and seems to be stealing small pots regularly. It is a move you have to have in your arsenal for playing against certain players.
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Old 07-14-2005, 10:03 PM #4 (permalink)  
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I had this move pulled on me last night in a MTT but it was with a guy with top pair decent kicker....

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Old 07-19-2005, 12:30 AM #5 (permalink)  
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I like that play, havn't used it much myself but it seems to be a good idea.
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Old 07-19-2005, 12:41 AM #6 (permalink)  

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I do this A LOT!

The game is all about finding information about your opponents and making your play accordingly. How else do you find information apart from raising?

If you just called his flop bet then he was sure to fire another barrel on the turn. Nice play

I think my trouble is that i do this a little too often. The more observant players start getting wise to it after a while and i've had them call my reraise with a monster and then check the turn.......gits!

But, on the whole this play works for me. i just got to learn to be more selective with using it.
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Old 07-19-2005, 01:13 PM #7 (permalink)  
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DSaxton, you are my hero. Tried it in the pot below with good results. Takes a little bit of guts, but for some reason I sensed weakness and moved in for the kill. Awesome!!


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Started at 19/Jul/05 09:06:54

LynneP is at seat 1 with $16.80.
moiraine57 is at seat 2 with $49.15.
jayjayRaise is at seat 3 with $7.40.
cubs023 is at seat 4 with $24.85.
Walk_This_Way is at seat 5 with $50.35.
UNCLEGAMBS is at seat 6 with $39.50.
sideout31 is at seat 7 with $59.60.
ShuffleumUp is at seat 8 with $49.85.
tbcaddie1 is at seat 9 with $19.90.
The button is at seat 9.

LynneP posts the small blind of $.25.
moiraine57 posts the big blind of $.50.

LynneP: -- --
moiraine57: Td Tc
jayjayRaise: -- --
cubs023: -- --
Walk_This_Way: -- --
UNCLEGAMBS: -- --
sideout31: -- --
ShuffleumUp: -- --
tbcaddie1: -- --

Pre-flop:

jayjayRaise calls. cubs023 calls. Walk_This_Way
folds. UNCLEGAMBS folds. sideout31 raises to $2.
ShuffleumUp folds. tbcaddie1 folds. LynneP folds.
moiraine57 calls. jayjayRaise calls. cubs023 folds.


Flop (board: 6h 5c 7s):

moiraine57 checks. jayjayRaise checks. sideout31
bets $3.50. moiraine57 raises to $7. jayjayRaise
folds. sideout31 calls.

Turn (board: 6h 5c 7s Jh):

moiraine57 bets $11. sideout31 folds. moiraine57 is
returned $11 (uncalled).



Hand #6819250-13226 Summary:

$1 is raked from a pot of $20.75.
moiraine57 wins $19.75.
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Old 07-19-2005, 01:50 PM #8 (permalink)  
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detecting weakness and pouncing is always good play .. i use it when i play at NL50 ... but it doesnt work often enough at NL 10 and NL 25
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