Select Page
Poker Forum
Over 1,292,000 Posts!
Poker ForumBeginners Circle

So how do you extract when you flop the absolute nuts?

Results 1 to 8 of 8

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1

    Default So how do you extract when you flop the absolute nuts?

    So when you flop the absolute nuts, and you're playing against players who aren't necessarily super-loose, what's the best way to go about extracting money? I can't even count how many times I've flopped a monster hand only to get next to nothing out of it, and I always wind up scratching my head and second guessing the way I play. Sure, sometimes you just can't get anything out of people when there's a scary board, but as for general advice, should you check the river hoping for a bet? If you don't get one, should you check the turn too? If you don't get one should you bet the river?

    Let's assume there's no reads on your opponents. So far my strategy has been to either bet half the pot and hope somebody caught something, or check the flop and the turn hoping for something, and if I don't get anything then I bet something modest on the river that makes it look like I'm trying to steal the pot.
  2. #2
    just bet

    in the long run, slowplaying = losing value
  3. #3
    settecba's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Posts
    354
    Location
    stealing blinds from UTG
    BET, BET, BET.
    Quote Originally Posted by ISF
    Getting good at poker is like that scene in the matrix where Neo suddenly sees that everyone is just a bunch of structured numbers and then he starts bending those numbers in really weird ways.
  4. #4

    Default Re: So how do you extract when you flop the absolute nuts?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tyshalle
    So when you flop the absolute nuts, and you're playing against players who aren't necessarily super-loose, what's the best way to go about extracting money? I can't even count how many times I've flopped a monster hand only to get next to nothing out of it, and I always wind up scratching my head and second guessing the way I play. Sure, sometimes you just can't get anything out of people when there's a scary board, but as for general advice, should you check the river hoping for a bet? If you don't get one, should you check the turn too? If you don't get one should you bet the river?

    Let's assume there's no reads on your opponents. So far my strategy has been to either bet half the pot and hope somebody caught something, or check the flop and the turn hoping for something, and if I don't get anything then I bet something modest on the river that makes it look like I'm trying to steal the pot.
    It depends on a few factors I think. Was the pot raise PF? How many people are in? If the pot is small to begin with, you will have a harder time I think.

    I had one hand today, I was in the BB and got a Q3, there were 4 limpers and the SB completed and the flop came QQQ. Obviously I was first to act, there is no way I fire at that pot. There were too many people left in and I knew someone would hit something on the turn or river.
  5. #5
    I was going to reply here with a simple 3-letter word but AFchung and settecba beat me to it. Unless you flop the absolute stone cold nuts, like quads or a big boat, just bet out. Sometimes people will actually mistake your bet for weakness or a bluff. That's where your image and past betting behavior comes into play.
    Quote Originally Posted by Carroters
    The solution to getting 1 outered is a simple one. We just need to find the site that is the least rigged.
  6. #6
    Ragnar4's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    3,184
    Location
    Billings, Montana
    Bet, Raise, and Re-raise.
    The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes
  7. #7
    swiggidy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    7,876
    Location
    Waiting in the shadows ...
    With no information about my opponents, board texture, or stack sizes I would just fold so I don't get sucked out on.
    (\__/)
    (='.'=)
    (")_(")
  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by swiggidy
    With no information about my opponents, board texture, or stack sizes I would just fold so I don't get sucked out on.
    this
    your banner burned here

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •