The simpliest strategy that you will ever find

here is my simple strategy that i got from a book i as reading
"bet with the best , good draw to invest , fold all the rest"

and when i didn't follow this strategy i paid for it
i had K Q in the big blind 10c/25c blinds nl ring game
it was raised to $1 i just call flop comes Q K 2
and accoring to the strategy i should have "bet with the best" but i didn't i check to him turn is 6 i check again he bets $1 so i call I SHOULD HAVE RAISED river is 7 he bets $3 i raise him $5 he go all in
i call he turns over 77 he hit 7 on river giving him 777 OUCH
i'll never slow play again lol
if i had bet i'd say he would have thrown his hand away
oh well i guess i'll learn from my mistake
so just remember to follow this simple strategy and you should do well

[mugs]

The problem is that some people will chase their set... also you had no idea what he had, you didnt bet, raise or anything, he could have a set of 2, Q or K, also he could be chasing a straight and you was giving him freecards... next time try betting at the flop so you can try to give his hand a range...

He got lucky that his 7 came, but you gave him the oportunity to get lucky.

Cya at the tables.

[arjonius]

The problem isn't that some people will chase their sets. You want them to do that **provided you make them overpay to do so**. That's what didn't happen here. If they overpay to draw, you win over the long run even though you do get drawn out on a few times. Plus you win all the smaller pots when you price them out and they correctly fold.

You always have to raise, if you have a very good cards before the flop. If you have good cards after the flop, you must continue it, I think you should bet or raise. So you can't give the chance to the other players for good cards, or better cards, than you have. The strategie, what you read in that book is very good, I think.

You were hoping to make a small win into a big one and got burned doing that. I think we are all guilty of making that mistake from time to to time. You have a set on the flop and there is a draw for a flush or straight but you still check in hopes of making the pot bigger only to see the turn or the river make the hand that can beat you possible. You have to make them over pay to chase that draw so that times they miss makes up for the times they catch and take your money. Of course the downside is you will only get small pots when the other person is chasing air or folds the draw properly. But, in the long run, you would rather have that happen than giving them a free card. Slow play the monster hand, not the one that can be out drawn.

A set is hard to defend, but, I think, if you flop top pair high kicker you HAVE to at least bet the pot, some people will take a pair of 7s all the way to the end....but make them pay for not seeing that 3rd one MOST of the time.

i think u cant play straight througt a tournament with a strategy like this .. in ring games it will work at the micro/low stakes but u must stay flexible at the table!otherwise u get transparent to your oppenents!

sry for my english - im german

I agree with you Realy. You find all kinds of players online, from the tightest to the loosest. You have to choose playing style according to what table you play at. But it's a good strategy to bet on good cards, slowplay monster cards and bluff tight players, not big stacks and flush-racers.

slowplaying works for me 70% of the time, but it is always good to put a middle size bet after the flop just to scare the band hands... and keep the drawing hands...
for me it works fine, in the long run i didnt loose big with slowplays, and didnt win big also because people are always afraid of slow plays... bets on the turn and on the river can distract some players, but if you are a good reader it wont work against you.

Originally Posted by paddy452

here is my simple strategy that i got from a book i as reading
"bet with the best , good draw to invest , fold all the rest"

and when i didn't follow this strategy i paid for it
i had K Q in the big blind 10c/25c blinds nl ring game
it was raised to $1 i just call flop comes Q K 2
and accoring to the strategy i should have "bet with the best" but i didn't i check to him turn is 6 i check again he bets $1 so i call I SHOULD HAVE RAISED river is 7 he bets $3 i raise him $5 he go all in
i call he turns over 77 he hit 7 on river giving him 777 OUCH
i'll never slow play again lol
if i had bet i'd say he would have thrown his hand away
oh well i guess i'll learn from my mistake
so just remember to follow this simple strategy and you should do well

hi yes u was unlucky but i would have put a big raise after the flop but some players wont let go me personally if my low pocket pairs dont hit the flop then i fold