February 2016 Poker Thinking Contest CLOSED

Posts: 1253 · Posted: 06.02.2016, 12:34

February Poker Thinking Contest

Presented by BowerCrush

Betting Tactics

Reraise: Suppose someone else raises you, but you feel that you have a very strong hand. You can reraise your opponent to force him to put in another bet to stay in. Some poker rooms will let two players reraise each other indefinitely. Others will cap the total number of bets at 4 or some other number. Most online poker rooms cap you at 4 bets in each betting round. (The betting is only capped for limit poker; no-limit and pot-limit games do not have betting caps).

Check-raise: Suppose you hold a strong hand, and you are greedy. You want to take more than just one bet from your opponent. So you check, your opponent bets, and you raise him. Now he calls, and if your hand is as good as you think it is, you just won two bets from him. Check-raising is a powerful tool, but it can be dangerous, because your opponent might also check. Then you win no money from him. Or he might have an even better hand then you and reraise you.

Check-call: If you have a decent hand, but you think there is a good chance your opponent might have a better one, you may wish to avoid a raise. In this case, you can check and call.

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Posts: 2954 · Posted: 06.02.2016, 20:56

OMG !!! I do all of them..lol.. bower get out of my head..lol. a few times I been out cause of rebetting..lol good luck everyone Smile

Posts: 6338 · Posted: 06.02.2016, 21:08

I don't raise the bet very often. I don't think I'm guilty of reraising the bet. Thanks for the explanations

Posts: 161 · Posted: 06.02.2016, 22:48

I am a tight player for the most part. But, I sometimes will use these tactics to try and win. wink

Posts: 1263 · Posted: 08.02.2016, 10:05

I'm a big fan of the Check-Raise tactic. But on a table of all good players, it can be difficult to pull off.

Posts: 526 · Posted: 11.02.2016, 03:15

I like to check first a lot just to see what others are going to do right off the start

Posts: 463 · Posted: 21.02.2016, 23:41

i use the last 1 alot check and call ty josie46

Posts: 1253 · Posted: 26.02.2016, 04:21

The Lucky 2 Winners of this contest are:

win4maw

and

josie46

Congratulations Maw and Josie!!!

Posts: 2954 · Posted: 27.02.2016, 02:29

congrats maw and Josie Smile

Posts: 2993 · Posted: 27.02.2016, 03:02

WTG Maw and Josie!

Posts: 6338 · Posted: 27.02.2016, 13:36

Thanks PC and congrats Josie

Posts: 463 · Posted: 28.02.2016, 05:31

ty, for the win, Congrats to you Maw, im a little rusty at pk. lol its been a while. i couldnt get on tables , dont know why , but ty, josaie46