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Ask the Questions -
Don't Answer Them
As you move up through the various
stakes of poker, both online and
live, one attribute begins to
become more and more common between
the players and that is aggression.
When we talk about aggression in
the poker sense of the word we are
not talking about shouting and
being threatening but instead we
are referring to betting and
raising instead of simply calling
the bets of others.
Weak players tend to only show any
aggression when they have a
legitimate hand were as stronger
opponents, like those you may face
during GSOP 6, will bet for a
multitude of reasons, most of which
are listed in the remainder of this
article.
The first and most obvious reason
to bet or raise is when you believe
you have the best hand and you want
to build a larger pot that you are
a favourite to win. This point is
so obvious that it would be a waste
of time to explore it any further!
Another reason to ramp up the
aggression would be to protect your
hand from being out drawn by your
opponent. Imagine you hold a pair
of black aces on a 5h-6h-Tc flop, a
hand that is probably best not but
there are plenty of turn cards that
can show up that could see your
opponent either outdraw you or at
least have a great bluffing spot to
push you off a better hand.
Which leads us to point three,
betting or raising to force a
better hand to fold. Imagine you
call a raise with AcQc and the flop
comes down 3c-7d-Js and your
opponent bets out. You could call
here but by raising the action you
are telling him you have hit the
flop and he would be hard pressed
to call you if he held a hand such
as AdKd. You are essentially
bluffing in this spot, another
reason for betting.
It should be now obvious to those
studying the Betfair
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deposit bonus that betting and
raising gives you more chances of
winning a hand. By simply calling
the only way to win the pot is by
having the best hand but by raising
and betting you can have the best
hand or force your opponent to fold
before you get to showdown. When at
the poker table you should ensure
you are the person asking the
questions, that is betting to make
your opponents be the ones
answering the questions.
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