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When You Have the Best Hand

1. What should you do when you believe you have the best hand ?

Ans : Either bet or raise, except possibly on the flop.

2. Why should you sometimes make the flop an exception ?

Ans : To see whether a scare cards or a counterfeit card comes to knock you off.

3. Example ?

Ans : You have A 2 J Q , the flop is 5 6 7 , and the pot is multiway. Since all you have is a low, you want to be extremely careful before you put a lot of money in the pot.

4. What do cautious online poker players generally do when they have an ace-deuce low but do not have redraws ?

Ans : They almost never raise until all the cards are out.

5. What does this mean ?

Ans : If you are playing against a tight player, there is a possible nut low out, and he is in there calling, he usually has it.

6. Even though this approach works in the smaller games and in loose games at the higher limits, why does it fail in tight games ?

Ans : Because good players won’t give tight players action.

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