Poker Setting A Trap In Poker

As part of how i play - setting traps is a crucial weapon when faced with good opponents, nitty players to extract value and also players who chase hands like flushes all the way to the river.

One example i want to offer is a hand taken from a freeroll i played in yesterday, without too many specifics it involved being dealt a pocket pair, hitting a set on the flop and then the real play starts.

I knew from the bet sizing and flop that my opponent was chasing a flush and so i let them bet out- when they hit that flush on the turn, i was behind but prior to this, i had checked back my set to induce the bet and to add value to the pot as this opponent was aggressive and understandably wanted to build the pot in the hope the next 2 cards gave him the flush he so desperately craved.

Now normally, most players would bet out on hitting a set and often the bet size chosen - scares off the majority of players, the opponent i faced was a different kind and had been playing very tight - now admittedly when the river came and it gave me a full house, i knew my hand was so disguised and that i was certain they had hit their flush, i could make any bet or jam and they would call.

Yes i had the luck to boat out but decided to take the risk to extract maximum value. It was a different play but the positive afterwards was that the same player stopped chasing flushes so it altered their play behaviour.

I jammed all in - they called and got the bad news.

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