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High Cards in Early Position
Hi,
I’ve been into local free rolls in my place. Well, I play two or three times a week. Most of the time, I face bunch of players with various approaches.
Majority of the players I’ve encountered were loose type thus making it hard for me to steal pots even with a preflop raise and a continuation bet. On the better side, I still can make it to the final table in just almost half the time. There’s just one situation I can never forget.
In early position back then, I had a decent hand, AKs, AK, AQs, AQ. For approximately three times the BB I raised and then got several callers. Flop came but of no help. Later, turn came but of also no help to me, I haven’t made a hand still. At such point, I was in doubts if placing another bet will be a good move.
If you were me, will you place another bet? Well, personally I want to place another one to obtain more info. Also, if I was back in position, how would the situation change? Do you think for free card, I should just check it down to the river and then wait and see if other player place a bet on the river? What do you think?
Hope to hear from you soon.
Many thanks,
John
John,
First, if you made a raise preflop, you need to bet out on the flop as a continuation bet. When you check on the flop, you are basically communicating to your opponents that you may have missed the flop. Placing a bet here may take the pot. If they call down on the flop, betting on the turn depends on the texture of the board, the hand range you put your opponents on, and whether you think a bluff will push them off the hand.
If you are in position with this hand and raised preflop, you need to bet out on the flop and then if you are still in at the turn, bet out again. You need to take advantage of the position and try to force them out when they show weakness.
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