To bet or to check-raise?
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
What do you do when you are up against a player and you think you have winning cards. It is really quite hard to decide especially when you are the first to act.
Of course you want to get more money into the pot but what will be the best way to do it.
Check Raising
When you check raise, you are sure that more money will get into the pot because you raised the chips so the other player will have to put in more to see what card is next.
One downside though is that when you show too much strength, your opponent might chicken out and fold. If this happens, this will be a missed opportunity for you.
Betting out
When we bet, with raising after at the back of our minds, we remove the possibility for our opponent to see a free card. It also does not take away the air of mystery about the cards that we have. Though you will be able to disguise your cards, in a way, you are also limiting the amount of money that your opponent can put in. (more…)
