Slow Play Poker Strategy

1. What criteria must be met for a slow play to be correct?
A. Your hand must be very strong.
B. You probably will chase everyone out by betting, but you
have a good chance of winning a large pot if you check.
C. The free card that you are giving has good possibilities of
making second.best hands.
D. This free card has little chance of making a better hand or
a profitable drawing hand for someone else.
E. The pot must not be very large.

2. Give an example of a correct slow play?
You have JJ and the flop comes J46V2+.

3. But what if you have a lot of opponents?
Slowp laying may not be correct if the pot has become large.

4. If the situation is not perfect, should you slow play?
No.

5. Example?
The flop is 445434 and you have 3+3V. You usually should
bet or raise on the flop, as your opponents can hold many
possible hands, including flush and straight draws.

6. When is another time that you usually should not slow play?
When you have flopped the absolute nuts. This is because an
opponent also may have flopped a very strong hand and will
give you plenty of action.

7. What is an exception?
You have all the good cards (e.g. you hold A7 and the flop is
A77).

Slow Play Strategy: Questions and Answers

8. What if you hold two aces and a third ace flops?
It is generally correct to bet. There is usually not a second-best
hand for your opponents to make.

9. When would it be right to check in this spot?
If you think it will entice a bluff.

10. What kind ofhand do you need to just call someone else’s bet
in order to reraise a raiser behind you or to go for a raise on fourth
street?
A hand almost as strong as a regular slowplaying hand.

11. Give an example of this slow play strategy play?
You flop top two pair, and the player on your immediate right
bets into you. You may want to wait until the turn to raise.
However, should a third player raise behind you, it is probably
better to reraise on the flop and gain extra bets from all of your
opponents.