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SLOW PLAYING
Check-raising is
playing a hand weakly in order to raise later in the same
round of betting. It is possible that you will win the pot
right there when you check raise. At the very least, you
will probably reduce the opposition to one or two players,
which is what you usually want.
SLOW PLAYING VERSUS CHECK RAISING
Slow playing is not the same thing. It is playing a hand
weakly on one round of betting in order to suck people in
for later bets. Typical slow plays are to check if there
has been no bet or just call a bet rather than raise. In
other words, you take no action beyond what is necessary
to stay in the pot. You give nothing away about the strength
of your hand.
When you check-raise you usually want to reduce the number
of your opponents, but when you slow play you are trying
to keep as many players in the pot as you can, expecting
to collect later bets from them as a result of your early
deception. Obviously, since you are not worried about having
many players in the pot and are not particularly concerned
about giving them free cards, you must have a very strong
hand to slow play - much stronger than a hand with which
you would check-raise. In seven-card stud it might be three-of-a-kind
on the first three cards or a flush or full house against
one pair. In hold 'em it might be the top set of trips after
the flop with no possible straight or flush draw showing.
In draw lowball it might be something like a pat.
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