I just want to note that I might have a different idea of what slowplaying is compared to some other players. I realized this while talking to a microstakes player in irc, and looking at some other players hands. For example, the hand I'm referring to hero opened with AK and was 3bet and elected to call OOP (let's not worry about the merit of that or not). The flop was Axx, and hero donked into villain. I just want to point out that checking this flop is really not considered slowplaying.
I just wanted to point that out because I've seen a fair amount of hand histories where individuals took a similar action and I'm just wanting to make sure it isn't really being attributed to the belief of "well I was told not to slowplay. I hit my hand, and feel good about it. I have to bet!". Betting is not the only way to get value. So consider villains range, and consider your hand, and try your best to predict future decisions, and determine the best course of action to achieve the result you want.




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