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Originally Posted by vegaas2
Ah, the perfect example of how slow play will bite you in the ass.
I try not to slow play at all. I will do it occasionally, but for the most part, I hit it hard.
Very nice my friend.
I don't either. One reason being that I want players respecting my bets so I can pick up pots when I don't have a hand, and if I'm able to show down a monster hand after fast-playing, I'll be more likely to achieve that result. Another reason is that, unless you're up against a super aggressive opponent, the risks of slow-playing a strong but potentially vulnerable hand are rarely justified by the risks. If I'm holding a hand like J-10, and the flop comes 10, 10, 3, I would never check as some players like to do. I think the fallacy of slow-playing this type of hand is that there is very little profit in leading out, and so checking is more profitable, but the truth is that almost no line of play here is very profitable. You may win a small bit of additional profit through checking and someone catching top pair on the turn and betting, but there are no hands you can beat which are going to give any significant amount of action as a result of a slow-play, and checking invites the tremendous risk of someone hitting a backdoor draw, costing you a large pot. So, by checking, you risk losing a large pot for the sake of winning a medium-small one, which isn't a sound gamble.
