Poker Poker Elements

If we want to pick a street to check on, which street is better to check on? Is it the flop, the turn, or the river?

 

There is no simple and clear answer to this question. It depends on the characteristics of the flop, your opponent's style, and your opponent's perception of your style.

 

If the flop is a "dry" type like Ks 8h 2c with no draws or few draws, and you have AA or AK, it is probably a Way Ahead or Way Behind situation. At this time, take a look and give It is safer for your opponent to have a free card.

 

But if it is a wet board like Ks 7s 6h, two spades, 8-9, 8-5, 5-4, etc. are all behind you, but they have many ways to survive, and they are very likely to at least follow the bet. At this point it is best to consider betting on the flop and save the check for the turn or river.

 

The opponent's style also has a big impact. Checking the flop is best suited to opponents who like to slow play strong hands (Monsters). Some people enter a slow play mode once they hit a set or a straight.

 

When you check the flop, they don't start betting until the turn. This type is perfect for your pot control strategy. Matching. However, if you check the flop, you have not defined your hand well.

 

If your opponent raises on the turn, does he think his top pair of small kickers is better than your hand, or does he really think that his hand is better than yours? Hit two pair or a set? You may have created a problem for yourself because of this.

 

What about checking the turn? In most cases it's better, because if your opponent just calls on the flop, you've got a little extra information that will help you a lot in deciding between a value bet or a check on the river.

 

Choosing to check the river is often the least effective. If your opponent does have a hand, he has usually already dealt hard on the flop or turn. And once he exerts his strength, he will tend to continue to exert his strength on the river.

 

Moreover, checking the river card will not work at all without the help of position. If your opponent really has a good hand, he will never let go of the last opportunity to exert force.

 

This only works if you are in position and your opponent likes to continue check-raising on the river. My suggestion is that when you are not sure which street you should check, choose the turn. The effect is usually good.

 

Going back to the original example, if we check on the turn and our opponent bets 100, we call. On the river we still check call 250. In the end, our total investment was 425, not the entire stack of 1,000. More importantly, although we lost this hand, we actually succeeded.

 

Because we asked our opponent to call 50 on the flop, and the ratio of cards he heard to cards he didn't hear was 1:11, he only made 450 with the 50 (he called the 100 in the pot preflop, Including our call of 350 on the next two streets), his profit is not large enough for him to follow our flop bet.

 

In order to "correctly" call on the flop, his 50 must earn more than 550, and if we follow the original play, we will let him earn 1025 (our entire chip stack, plus His own preflop 25), we must not let him do the right thing.

 

To summarize, this article introduces the concept, reasons and methods of pot control through an example. Pot control is only used when the stack is deep and the flop hand is not locked.

 

The less position we have, the more we should exercise pot control.

 

The timing of choosing pot control is related to your opponent's style and hand type. Most of the time, choosing the turn card is reasonable.

 

Texas Hold'em Poker Element Six: Tells

 

This article attempts to solve three questions: why there are tell tales in poker, common tell tales, and how to take advantage of your opponent's tell tales.

 

Tell refers to some language or body movements of the player, which are often subconscious behaviors. These behaviors often reveal the strength of the player's cards. Some people call Tell a flaw, some a hint, and some a leak. I think the word "tell" is more appropriate because it indicates that it is a flaw in the player's card skills. It also shows the inherent subconscious nature of Tell.