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Special Moves -
No Limit Texas
Hold'em |
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The Free Card |
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When you are in late
position or last to act,
you can raise with a
drawing hand on the
flop. This will likely
make your opponents
check to you on the
turn, giving you the
opportunity to check, if
your hand does not
improve or bet if you
hit your draw. This will
save you money if you do
not improve and will
reward you with profit
if you hit. A word of
caution, this move will
backfire when you are
re-raised on the flop.
In these situations, it
will cost you money but
it remains a good play
since you obtained
information and have a
good draw to a better
hand. |
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The Check-Raise |
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When you are dealt a
good hand and it is you
turn to act, check in
the hopes that an
opponent will bet so
that you can raise when
your turn comes again.
For example, you are in
early position and have
Ah-Qs. The flop is
As-Qh-6c. You check and
two players in middle
position also check. A
player in late position
bets and you then raise.
The reason for
check-raising is to
create a situation in
which you can
potentially hit a better
hand, like a straight,
but where it is too
expensive for your
opponents to call since,
in this case, they do
not have the correct pot
odds with hands like
gut-shot straight draws.
If they still call, at
least you have obtained
information regarding
the strength of their
hands and forced them to
pay as much as possible
for trying to outdraw
you. |
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The Semi-bluff |
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Semi-bluffing is when
you bet or raise with a
hand that is not likely
to be the best, but you
have many outs to
outdraw your opponents
if you get called or
raised, although you are
actually hoping to win
the pot right there. For
example, you are in late
position holding Jh-Th
and the flop shows
Ks-6h-2h, thus giving
you a flush draw with 9
outs. There are three
other players in the pot
and they all check to
you. You bet without
having the best hand but
since they all checked,
they indicated weakness
and might fold
pocket-pairs, a pair of
6's or 2's. Even if you
do get called, you have
9 outs to the flush and
maybe an additional 6
outs to win if you hit a
J or a T, 15 outs in
total. If called and it
is checked to you on the
turn, you have the
option of taking a free
card in case your hand
did not improve. |
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