If
you’ve already been
playing Texas Holdem online
then you’ve probably
seen some players who bet
the flop and then check the
turn. Now there are two types
of players who generally use
this type of play and both
are fairly easy to beat. The
first type of player who bets
the flop and then checks the
turn is someone who was just
looking to steal the pot.
For instance players will
bet the flop in early position
almost no matter what cards
they have, just to see if
they can steal the pot. Then
if they have a caller or two
they will generally slow down
and check the turn. The second
type of player who does this
is someone who is a weak-tight
player and is scared of playing
big pots. A lot of people
don’t like being involved
with big pots unless they
have the nuts. So if they
hit an ace on the flop they
may bet the flop, but if someone
calls them then they might
check and call. It’s
important that you can beat
both of these styles though
because you can pick up a
lot of chips by catching these
types of players.
A weak-tight player will typically
be more difficult to get
off their hand then the
player trying to steal pots,
but you'll still have a
high percent with winning
these pots. Basically a weak-tight
player doesn’t like being involved
in hands unless they have the nuts, so it’s generally easy to scare them
off their hands. When they bet the flop you should either raise right now or
wait until the turn and just call. If you just call then the player might make
a small bet, but typically they will just check. This is when you want to decide
what’s a big enough bet to win this pot, and once you have decided upon
that number you should make the bet. I would say about seven out of ten times
the weak-tight poker player will fold their hand. If they do call you then you
know they have something pretty decent and should get out of the hand unless
you have close to the nuts.
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