Slow bet on can be a term used in poker – especially Texas Holdem – for attempting to lure your opponents into producing a large wager so that you can trap them and take down an enormous pot.
It is usually used with a very great pre-flop hand such as pocket Aces on Kings. Rather than wagering major, the sluggish player will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a palm worth wagering, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will come in with an enormous wager.
It is a classic poker manouever and one which has won a lot of money for poker players down through the ages, but it has lost it is effectiveness. The easy reason for this is that everybody is now sluggish wagering their massive hands so it truly is practically expected.
So how do you use this predicament to your advantage?
Should you catch an enormous palm, you need to come out betting. As opposed to attempting to tempt your opponents into generating a move so that you simply can come in over the top, generate the bet yourself. Now most amateur gamblers baulk in the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their massive hand, except in reality you might usually constantly acquire a number of betting action from somebody.
By wagering your major palm as an alternative to gradual playing it, that you are performing a double bluff since most folks would gradual play it. Your competitors will usually assume you are bluffing and you may acquire some betting action and ultimately win far more money.
The other reason you need to bet is that in the event you do not wager, you are allowing your competitors a no cost look at the cards and every time a card is turned more than they may very well be converting a losing hands to a winning one.
There is only one situation where it will always pay to gradual bet on your hand – whenever you flop an absolute monster that virtually can not be beaten. For example say you happen to be dealt Ace, 4 of clubs and the flop is Queen, 10, 9 of clubs. You’ve just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty significantly unbeatable. OK someone could have a pair of Queens, 10s or Nines and catch a 4th on the turn or river, or they could possibly be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, except the chances of you not succeeding are now remote.
This is the time to slow bet on your hand. You can find all sorts of hands that any person else may well be holding to generate them assume they are in a good position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples or even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they have got the odds are somebody will feel it’s worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or Nine you could possibly obtain an enormous raise and even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them construct the pot up by just calling the bets and take down the pot with your nut flush.