Scare Cards
1. What does it mean when a online poker player who has been just calling suddenly starts betting or raising on the river ?
Ans : Either he had the nuts the whole way or he just made the best hand.
2. What should you do in this situation ?
Ans : You probably should go out, no matter how big the pot is. This is especially true if the last door card could have made the nuts for either high or low.
3. Example ?
Ans : You start with K 
K 
Q 
Q . On fourth street, the board is K 
9 5 4 , and the last card is the 8 . If a player who has been just calling all along now bets, and the pot is subsequently raised by another player who isn’t likely to be going low, you easily could be against the nut flush as well as the nut low.
4. Suppose the card that comes out is a scare cards but not one that makes all the hands ?
Ans : In this case, you don’t have to check and give up all the bets on the end.
5. Example ?
Ans : If the last card given in the previous example was the 8§ instead of the 8ª, automatically throwing away your hand is wrong, even though someone may have made a flush straight with a seven-six.
6. How should you play in this pot ?
Ans : A lot of times you should go ahead and bet. If you get raised or the action becomes strong against you, then you can give it up.
Introduction / General Concepts / More Specific Ideas / General Concepts / Position / Low Hands / High Hands / Your Starting Hand / Starting With Big Pairs / When You Are First In / How To Play Your Hand / Play on the Flop / When You Have the Best Hand / High Versus Low in Three-Handed Pots / Loose Games / Multiway Versus Short-handed Play / Scare Cards / Getting Counterfeited / Getting Quartered / Playing Against Steamers / Playing Against Tight, Solid Players / Your Playing Style / Reading Hands / Psychology / Afterthought
