Big Poker Hand
Tips...
When a monster big poker hand flops your way it's important to
maximize it's potential. The following
pocket cards and flops are some of the biggest hands you can get
playing Texas Hold'em and in nearly all circumstances should be
bet and raised after the flop.
It is unlikely you are beat holding any of these hands, but it's
not impossible! You still have the 'turn' and 'river' to go, remember
'Fors juvat audentes' or 'Fortune favors the brave' - so believe
in your hand, take a deep breath and go for it.
When you hold a pocket pair and the other two flop - Giving you
4 of a kind.
When you hold an Ace and a suited card and two of the same suit flop
with an ace - Giving you a pair of Aces and the possibility of a the
high flush draw.
When you hold a pair and a third flops (trips) Be careful, somebody holding pocket 10's would beat you, unlikely to happen but possible!
If you hold a high pair and nothing higher flops e.g. you hold
KK and J, 4 and 7 flop with no flush or straight potential on the
table you should be betting big.
Depending on the table your playing at (has it got aggressive or
passive players on it?) or stakes you're play for (you tend to get
more callers on very low limit games) you might not get any callers
if your bet is too big, only raise the amount you think someone
will call. When holding a monster hand you want as many people in
the pot as possible.
With big hands also consider the possibility of 'slow playing'
the art of setting a trap for other players to walk into. Slow playing
hands can be dangerous, effectively you're letting other players
see cards cheaply or for free. By just checking or calling you are
hoping to signal to the other players that your hand is weaker than
it really is, and they are hoping their hand improves on the 'turn'
or 'river' which it might actually do!. Performed successfully the
'slow play' can land you a big pot. Typically you should wait until
the last card has turned (the river card) then spring the trap with
a very large bet! The other player may of caught a low pair on the
turn or river and calls your large bet thinking you are bluffing
with a weaker hand.
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