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I was asked a great question this week by one of the Liverpool members which made me wonder whether there is a generic piece of advice to give him an answer.
I think its best to use my answer as a template when exploiting the drawing opponent. Adapt your own style around it.
The Question:
I'm quite good at recognizing when my opponent has a draw on the flop and he's willing to play it but I never know how to exploit this and extract maximum chips from the hand. It could be just inexperience but could you show me how you would recommend I play against a draw on the flop?
My answer:
'once you have figured out that your opponent is on a draw, half of your work is done, the second half is continuing to bet on the flop, (ALWAYS ELIMINATE POT ODDS) and increasingly on the turn to put your opponent into the following mindset: If I hit, I bet and if I miss, I fold. There is no question in their mind that you have bluffed them out with Jack high, lol'. I did it against this guy in Deeside, I'm BB with J8o, he limps, SB calls. flop 10, 7, 2 (2 diamonds), I bet 400 into 600 pot, limper calls, SB folds, turn blank (3), I bet 1000 into 1400 pot, he calls, river K no diamond, I bet 2000 into 3400 pot, he folds, I show the Bluff like I'm Mr Big Knob . Always remember your opponent can only have 3 hands, a made hand, a draw or nothing, & at the river there are only 2 hands.
Finally don't commit all of your or your opponents chips before the river, unless you have something that can win a showdown, you always need some bluffing chips, just incase! It does backfire, I bet into a guy last week (flop, turn & river) when I had a flush draw and a gutshot + overcard, and I put him on a draw aswell, on the river K hit (total miss), I bet, he raised, I folded, to be honest though he was an idiot, prob QK, on J94 flop, I had Q8s BB special!
I realise this is quite a random piece of poker advice but I thoght it may help one or two of you with quite a common play.
I think its best to use my answer as a template when exploiting the drawing opponent. Adapt your own style around it.
The Question:
I'm quite good at recognizing when my opponent has a draw on the flop and he's willing to play it but I never know how to exploit this and extract maximum chips from the hand. It could be just inexperience but could you show me how you would recommend I play against a draw on the flop?
My answer:
'once you have figured out that your opponent is on a draw, half of your work is done, the second half is continuing to bet on the flop, (ALWAYS ELIMINATE POT ODDS) and increasingly on the turn to put your opponent into the following mindset: If I hit, I bet and if I miss, I fold. There is no question in their mind that you have bluffed them out with Jack high, lol'. I did it against this guy in Deeside, I'm BB with J8o, he limps, SB calls. flop 10, 7, 2 (2 diamonds), I bet 400 into 600 pot, limper calls, SB folds, turn blank (3), I bet 1000 into 1400 pot, he calls, river K no diamond, I bet 2000 into 3400 pot, he folds, I show the Bluff like I'm Mr Big Knob . Always remember your opponent can only have 3 hands, a made hand, a draw or nothing, & at the river there are only 2 hands.
Finally don't commit all of your or your opponents chips before the river, unless you have something that can win a showdown, you always need some bluffing chips, just incase! It does backfire, I bet into a guy last week (flop, turn & river) when I had a flush draw and a gutshot + overcard, and I put him on a draw aswell, on the river K hit (total miss), I bet, he raised, I folded, to be honest though he was an idiot, prob QK, on J94 flop, I had Q8s BB special!
I realise this is quite a random piece of poker advice but I thoght it may help one or two of you with quite a common play.
Last edited by bidthebrat on Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:17 am; edited 1 time in total
