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Sluggish bet on is actually a term used in poker – specifically Texas Holdem – for trying to lure your opponents into producing a big wager so which you can trap them and take down a big pot.
It’s usually used with a extremely good pre-flop palm such as pocket Aces on Kings. As opposed to betting huge, the slow gambler will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a palm worth betting, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will come in with a big bet.
It is often a classic poker manouever and one which has won a great deal of money for poker gamblers down through the ages, but it has lost it is effectiveness. The easy reason for this is that everybody is now sluggish betting their major hands so it can be practically expected.
So how do you use this predicament to your advantage?
Should you catch a big hand, you have to come out betting. In place of trying to tempt your opponents into producing a move so which you can come in more than the top, generate the bet yourself. Now most amateur players baulk at the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their huge palm, except in reality you might usually usually get a few wagering action from somebody.
By betting your major hands as opposed to sluggish wagering it, that you are performing a double bluff since most people today would gradual wager on it. Your opponents will frequently assume you happen to be bluffing and you might obtain several wagering action and ultimately win extra money.
The other reason you need to wager is that in the event you don’t bet, you might be allowing your opponents a free look in the cards and each time a card is turned over they may be converting a losing hand to a winning one.
There’s only one situation where it will always pay to sluggish bet on your hands – when you flop an absolute monster that pretty much can not be beaten. As an example say you might be dealt Ace, 4 of clubs and the flop is Queen, Ten, Nine of clubs. You have just flopped the nut flush and you are pretty much unbeatable. OK someone could have a pair of Queens, Tens or 9s and catch a fourth on the turn or river, or they may be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, but the odds of you not winning are now remote.
This is the time to slow bet on your hand. There are all sorts of hands that any person else could possibly be holding to produce them assume they’re in a very good position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples and even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they have got the odds are someone will consider it’s worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or 9 you may possibly receive an enormous raise and even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them construct the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.
