Punish those damn bluff callers

[SmackinYaUp]

Kinda dangerous to give a free card with only one pair, but at the right time, this can punish those 100nl opponents we know so well...

I saw H@££INGGOL do this at UB so I gave it a try too.


Hand History:
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Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (real money), #1,130,311,519
Table Harare, 2 Aug 2005 2:06 PM ET
Seat 2: loppettte ($72.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Truman82 ($52.25 in chips)
Seat 6: bigslick820 ($81.50 in chips)
Seat 8: SlappinYaUp ($129.75 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
SlappinYaUp posts blind ($0.50), loppettte posts blind ($1).

SlappinYaUp gets [ KS,AH ]

PRE-FLOP
Truman82 folds, bigslick820 folds, SlappinYaUp bets $3.50, loppettte calls $3.

FLOP [board cards 4C,6H,AS ]
SlappinYaUp bets $6, loppettte calls $6.

TURN [board cards 4C,6H,AS,5C ]
SlappinYaUp checks, loppettte checks.

RIVER [board cards 4C,6H,AS,5C,JH ]
SlappinYaUp bets $15, loppettte calls $15.

SHOWDOWN
SlappinYaUp shows [ KS,AH ]
loppettte mucks cards [ QD,6D ]
SlappinYaUp wins $48.

[spino1i]

This is a move I pull frequently, I force people to pay my top pair off with their middle pair.

[jmontis]

What's funny is there are plenty of situations where it's best to NOT bet, like (AA7 flop when you hold A2). You don't have to protect a hand like that, and it's best to just induce a bluff.

[overcomer]

Paid off for me in a real game last night. I held nut on the turn, but checked, opponent with top pair bet, and on the river my nut became aces full of kings! Check-raised him all in and killed the sucker off! YAY!!

[dsaxton]

I like this play. I think it adds another element of deception to your style and makes your bets harder to read.

I did something kind of like this yesterday. I raised with A-J off in late position got one caller. Flop comes J high with no draws, I made my standard continuation bet, and he called. I figured he probably had a J with a lower kicker, so I checked to him as if to say "I missed with A-K and am done trying to bluff," he bet, I came over the top and he folded.

You do risk giving a free card, but I think you can make up for the risk by the prospect of inducing a bluff or bet from a marginal hand on the turn, or when it causes the other guy to make a weak call on the river.