Slow-playing
What is slow-playing in Texas Holdem? Slow-playing is always defined as
when you have a very big hand and you choose to check or call rather than
bet or raise in order to induce future bets or call from your opponents. For
example, if the flop brings you a full house, the first thing that you think
about is to check. You want to hide the value of your hand and hope your
opponent will catch something on the turn or river. However, slow-playing is
the most overused trick in many poker players. Personally, I suggest only use
slow-playing in limit Holdem when all of the following conditions are
achieved:
1. Only use slow-playing in limit Hold’em, and you must only use it on the
flop. You only want to give up a small bet in favor of a large bet.
2. Your hand must be very strong. I suggest at least you flop a full house or
higher. You do not want your opponent to catch a card that can complete a
draw and be able to beat you.
3. The pot must be very small. If the pot is large, you should protect your hand
because if many raises and re-raises in the pre-flop, your opponent are more
likely to get a better hand than yours. Also, if the pot is large enough to cover
their pot odds, you should bet because most of the people are not willing to
fold their hands at this point anyway.
4. The free card you are giving must have a good chance of giving the second
best hand to your opponent. For example, if you flop a full house and you
know your opponent is in a straight draw or flush draw, you may want to
consider slow-playing your hand and hope they will complete their second
best hand (which they thought they are holing the best hand) on a later
street.
5. Only use against a loose-aggressive player. Many tight and experienced
players will suspect your hand if you are slow-playing.
6. Do not use slow-playing if your table image is aggressive. If you have been
playing aggressive poker, you will not be giving anything away by betting out
with a monster hand.
Please note that slow-playing is not the same as check-raising. Check-
raising means that you are playing your hand softly with the intent of raising
later on the current round, which you do not give your opponent a free card.
Personally, I do not recommend any new player to use slow-playing because
slow-playing is not correct very often.
What is slow-playing in Texas Holdem? Slow-playing is always defined as
when you have a very big hand and you choose to check or call rather than
bet or raise in order to induce future bets or call from your opponents. For
example, if the flop brings you a full house, the first thing that you think
about is to check. You want to hide the value of your hand and hope your
opponent will catch something on the turn or river. However, slow-playing is
the most overused trick in many poker players. Personally, I suggest only use
slow-playing in limit Holdem when all of the following conditions are
achieved:
1. Only use slow-playing in limit Hold’em, and you must only use it on the
flop. You only want to give up a small bet in favor of a large bet.
2. Your hand must be very strong. I suggest at least you flop a full house or
higher. You do not want your opponent to catch a card that can complete a
draw and be able to beat you.
3. The pot must be very small. If the pot is large, you should protect your hand
because if many raises and re-raises in the pre-flop, your opponent are more
likely to get a better hand than yours. Also, if the pot is large enough to cover
their pot odds, you should bet because most of the people are not willing to
fold their hands at this point anyway.
4. The free card you are giving must have a good chance of giving the second
best hand to your opponent. For example, if you flop a full house and you
know your opponent is in a straight draw or flush draw, you may want to
consider slow-playing your hand and hope they will complete their second
best hand (which they thought they are holing the best hand) on a later
street.
5. Only use against a loose-aggressive player. Many tight and experienced
players will suspect your hand if you are slow-playing.
6. Do not use slow-playing if your table image is aggressive. If you have been
playing aggressive poker, you will not be giving anything away by betting out
with a monster hand.
Please note that slow-playing is not the same as check-raising. Check-
raising means that you are playing your hand softly with the intent of raising
later on the current round, which you do not give your opponent a free card.
Personally, I do not recommend any new player to use slow-playing because
slow-playing is not correct very often.
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