Doyle Brunson S. Super System

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... where I might not release it. This would be the case where I raised with the
hand before the Flop. Now, on the Flop, everybody checks it to me ... and I
bet. Somebody plays-back (check-raises me). In this situation, I might go
ahead with my hand figuring that the guy was trying to shut me out. He
might be playing-back with an overpair or a lot of different hands he might
not have played too strong (raised me with) before the Flop.
It would also be a different situation if I had called a small raise before the
Flop in a late position with a 7-6. Now, I would not give the raiser credit for a
Seven if a 7-7-2 fell. And I'd probably play my hand real fast trying to win a
big pot.
Whenever there's a raise before the Turn ... there's a chance you can win a big
pot. But, in an unraised pot ... it's hard to win a big one. Earlier I noted that
you don't want to get broke in a "nothing" pot. I'm reminding you of that now
because you might try to win a big pot when you turn a Set with small
connecting cards in an unraised pot. You. shouldn't. I never jeopardize very
much money without a real good hand when I don't have anything in the pot
to protect. I don't go out of my way to win "nothing" pots.
Another important part of my playing philosophy I want to remind you about
is this:
You should constantly be trying to get as much value for your hand as you
can. And the way you do that is to bet.
That should be clear by now. You become a big winner at Poker by betting ...
raising ... and re-raising - by playing aggressively. Of course, there are times
you have to play defensively - when an aggressive strategy would be wrong
because it could defeat your purpose by getting you shut-out of a pot. But, in
general, you want to be aggressive.
That means you can't let every card that hits the Board constantly threaten
you. As I said, if you're always worrying about somebody having the nuts ...
you never will get to play a hand. This applies to all the hands I've discussed,
but it's especially meaningful here because I'm discussing how to play small
connecting cards when you get a good Flop. That's what you're playing them
for in the first place ... so, when you make something with them - you want to
get value for them. So you should always apply this principle:
If you're going to call... you might as well bet.
You should do that at all the stages of play ... but it's particularly important on
the end.
If you do ... you'll get paid off with hands that aren't what you thought they
were. I mean, there'll be many times you'll put your opponent on a hand
completely different from what he's got. I'm not Houdini ... and neither are
you. You might think a man is drawing to a Flush ... but maybe he's got a Pair
- just one Pair. He might have been running you down with a lot less than
you thought he had. So, when a Flush card hits the Board on Fifth St. - it may
not have helped him at all. I mean, you'll know he's got something when that
Flush card comes.. either the Flush you thought he was drawing at - or some
other piece of the Flop. Or maybe he's got Two-Pair when you've got a
Straight. You really don't know what he's got ... but since you're going to pay
it off anyway since you've got a good hand with your small connecting cards -
you might as well bet.
The only exception I make is when the Board pairs on the end. Then, I'll check
it ... and may or may not call depending on how I feel about the situation. But
barring that, if I've made a real good hand with my small connecting cards ...
I'd go ahead and bet.
The opposite of the case where I might be a little concerned when I don't have
the nuts is, of course, when I do have the nuts. Naturally, in that case, I'll do
whatever I think will get the most money in the pot.
If I thought my opponent had a strong hand ... I'd make a big bet. If I thought
he had a weak hand ... I'd try to sell my hand by making a smaller bet.
There'd be a lot of judgement there ... judgement about what I think he's got.
My decision on how much to bet depends on whether I made my hand early
(on the Flop) or late (on the end).
If I made my hand early. ..I'm not going to try to sell him anything - I'm
going to try to break him.
If I made my hand late and I haven't been charged a lot of money to make it
(like it was checked on the Flop and there was a small bet on Fourth and I
make the nuts (in the end) ... well, then I'm not going to try to break him -
because he probably won't call a big bet. Then, I'd try to sell my hand for
whatever I thought I could get for it.
Those of you who are new to No-Limit Hold 'em may not have been able to
appreciate how strongly I feel about the small connecting cards. And of those
of you who are experienced players were probably quite surprised. But, that's
where it's all at in my opinion. You have to use a lot of judgement when you
play the small connecting cards ... and when you play them right - they're big [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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