Slow play of heavy hands

Probably the biggest mistake you see on TV poker is the trend to slow play strong hands. For many TV actors, it seems that you must pass if they do nothing or to pay and if they reyznete set. They continued aggressive play weak hands and strong very slowly. Slow play your strong hands has several shortcomings and generally make it is very bad habit that may develop.

Here are some reasons why you rarely need to do this.

1. Do not take more money from the pot. You must build a pot early so that it is more likely your opponents to pay a large deposit at a later stage of the hand.

2. If ever a C-bet with a mediocre hand and slow play strong, your mediocre hands not masked. Your opponent can better evaluate your hand.

3. Often turn River or can come dangerous card to kill the development of a hand on. If you make a great hands on floppy, then probably floppy connected. Every three maps are related at least eight cards, which will occur if you break the chances for greater sweat. The more frightening is the onboard card more things can fail. One of these cards will come in tarna of 15% of cases and in 30% of cases and tarna River.

4. If the board is connected more likely your opponents are of a draft arm and to pay, but to give up later after having not caught anything. Bid.

5. Small flash also tricky and streyt when the board is a pair.

6. Even when playing slowly in order to check / raise often it will decrease your EV. Unless you do not have a very aggressive opponent to the left of you, it is best to play first and if it is aggressive set and let him raise. Very fine-draw players will throw their cards to check / raise but will pay the second-raise.

Certainly there are cases where slow play is the best move.

1. When you have very aggressive players, from left to you and know that it will set.

2. The game is very tight and none of your opponents can be expected to pay the mortgage. (I advise you to change the table in this situation.)

3. Board is very diverse and your hand is well disguised. (In the starting position if the board has a draft straight or flash, play your set. If the board is safe, it can slow your play set. In the final position your first idea should be to place a bet. Make them feel that are trying to steal pot.)

4. Use Check-Reyz when you know that you will be reyznati your second-raise will be paid, or where it can get trapped players who played after the initial reyzar before you.

5. In limit poker online, a game of slow floppy is usually correct, if it can expect that your opponents will pay tarna where the stakes are double.
Let me sum up, slow playing a strong hand is often a bad move. Often leave money on the table. Your opponent can see your way to the betting and your C-bets with mediocre hands will become vulnerable. I suggest you do not play slow, but your first thought must always be to bet.

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