Instinct, go and pay bets appears to be the best way to keep the small boat when they’re not sure you have the best hand. And this is often the case. But Believe it or not, opening betting can help you get to the Showdown for a price far more moderate than going betting. If your goal is to control the size of the boat, often adding chips smaller than what keep adding chips to be passively only after you do your opponent.

The example of this hand I played in the Main Event of the World Series this year, clearly illustrate this tactic. The blinds were at 12000/24000 and I opened from the button with 60,000. Usually, when you open for 2 1 / 2 blind well, especially since the button, represents something of strength. In this case, I only had Q-J of hearts. The small blind and he paid the big blind went to the deck.

The flop came A-10-garbage; it happened, I bet 65,000 and he paid for it. The turn brought a Q, forming my second pair and he fell again. This was the defining moment of his hand. I decided to bet 100,000. I did it to control the boat: I am not interested in paying a bet of 150,000 or 200,000 in the river, so I decided to make a bet lower at that time waiting in the freezing river with most of the hands.

Let’s say that my opponent had A-3. My bet low in turn made him think that I had a strong hand and attempted desangrarle, wanting to pay. There was no way to bet on the river with an Ace without a kicker, he was so happy to see me as a showdown for free at this point.

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