The Sucker Bet
The Sucker Bet is a very effective move in both smaller stakes and larger stakes no limit holdem. There is one use for it, and its to "suck" out one last bet from your opponent when you believe his hand is so weak that only a small bet will get them to call. One of the reasons it is so widely used is because there are many outcomes from this sucker bet that are either positive or advantageous to you as a player.
The biggest advantage of a sucker bet is that many times it will encourage a raise. For example, you have QT and the flop comes AKJ. You bet half the pot and your opponent calls. Turn is a Q (no flush possibility) and now you check hoping he made two pair or a set, or that he bets out his hand. Your opponent checks. Now you have to be thinking your opponent is either slowplaying you with two pair or better, or is afraid of the straight. Since you have the nuts, and he checked, you cannot know if his hand is weak or not(he could be holding 88). So you fire out a 1/4 the pot sized bet on the river. The worst case scenario that can happen here is that he only calls.
Why isnt him folding the worst scenario? Because if he folds you get to protect your hand, and now no one knows how you just played the nuts.
The biggest reason for firing this bet out is hoping he may have had or caught two pair or better and raises you. Even sometimes, they will raise you because your bet looks weak and they think top pair is good.
1st Condition:Your opponent must know or remember that you like to sucker bet.
2nd Condition:You should be heads up, I do not advise the sucker-bet-bluff in multi-way pots.
3rd Condition:The stakes have to mean a little something to your opponent. Many times your opponnent will call just to see your cards for cheap.
The biggest advantage of a sucker bet is that many times it will encourage a raise. For example, you have QT and the flop comes AKJ. You bet half the pot and your opponent calls. Turn is a Q (no flush possibility) and now you check hoping he made two pair or a set, or that he bets out his hand. Your opponent checks. Now you have to be thinking your opponent is either slowplaying you with two pair or better, or is afraid of the straight. Since you have the nuts, and he checked, you cannot know if his hand is weak or not(he could be holding 88). So you fire out a 1/4 the pot sized bet on the river. The worst case scenario that can happen here is that he only calls.
Why isnt him folding the worst scenario? Because if he folds you get to protect your hand, and now no one knows how you just played the nuts.
The biggest reason for firing this bet out is hoping he may have had or caught two pair or better and raises you. Even sometimes, they will raise you because your bet looks weak and they think top pair is good.
Bluffing with a sucker bet.
Once you have added a sucker bet to your arsenal you are then able to use the sucker bet as a bluff. I only suggest doing it when the conditions are right:1st Condition:Your opponent must know or remember that you like to sucker bet.
2nd Condition:You should be heads up, I do not advise the sucker-bet-bluff in multi-way pots.
3rd Condition:The stakes have to mean a little something to your opponent. Many times your opponnent will call just to see your cards for cheap.
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Why no posts lately?
yesterday it was down for some wierd reason, so i tryed to figure that out, and as far as an update on here? Its only been 5 days since the last one, ive got one coming up about the TOC results. Been waiting to get any emails or comments with hand history's for evaluation, so i can go through hands other than my own... but no one has sent any yet
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