Monday, March 17, 2008

Check Call The Flop

PokerTracker (a program to analyze poker hands and stats) tells me I'm about 8 times as likely to bet or raise than I am to call on the flop. Playing that aggressively is detrimental when my opponents play back effectively.

So I need to check-call more on the flop. One spot that I can check call is when I flop 2nd pair or even top pair. I bet this type of hand almost every time, even multiway. Checking can get information, and induce bluffs.

Check-calling more will make me less predictable. Since I don't check-call or check-raise often, I am usually going to fold when I check. Decent/good players pick up on that, and bet most of the time I check to them.

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