| What is Slow Playing?Slow playing is a strategy | | | | play.2. The free card you are allowing other |
| used to deceive your opponents into thinking that | | | | players to get must have good possibilities of |
| you have a weaker hand than you actually | | | | making them a second-best hand.3. That same |
| have.By initially playing a weak hand, you are | | | | free card must have only a small chance of |
| giving confidence to your opponents that they | | | | making someone a better hand than yours.4. You |
| may have stronger hands.You are therefore | | | | must be confident that you will scare other |
| encouraging your opponents to bet into your | | | | players out by showing this aggression, but you |
| winning hand. The end result is a bigger pot for | | | | still have good odds of winning a big pot if you |
| you to win.The Thrill of Slow PlayingPart of the | | | | don't.5. The pot should not be too large to start |
| thrill of playing poker is the opportunity to create | | | | with.Maximizing Profits on Your Premium Hands |
| a deception by slow playing a hand and taking a | | | | and a CautionSlow playing is a way to get better |
| large pot of chips from under your opponent's | | | | value for your premium hands.You need to be |
| nose.There is no greater satisfaction when playing | | | | aware though that you are giving away a free |
| poker than beating other players, by surprise and | | | | card to your opposition; so you need to make |
| deception.Good slow playing takes time to perfect | | | | sure that even if your opponents hand improves, |
| - it's a game of psychology. Stalling, checking, | | | | you are still confident that your hand is still strong |
| raising and playing cards other players are | | | | enough to win.Slow playing is an art and if you get |
| surprised you are playing.Slow playing is about | | | | it wrong you will suffer, play it right however, and |
| sending a message out to other players that your | | | | you have one of the major traits that make a |
| hand is weaker than it really is and giving them a | | | | top player.You get an extra bet into the pot and |
| false sense of security.A satisfactory conclusion | | | | make a good player stay with a marginal hand |
| to a slow playing hand is, your opponent bets into | | | | longer than they should - that's what a good slow |
| your winning hand, the pot gets bigger and you | | | | play achieves.Practice Makes PerfectYou need to |
| take it! There is no greater satisfaction in poker | | | | decide how to play your hand based on building a |
| than this.Slow Playing Requires | | | | large pot while increasing your chance of winning |
| DisciplineSlow-playing is used for one purpose only | | | | it. This is not as easy as it sounds and takes |
| - winning more chips in situations where being too | | | | experience of knowing when the circumstances |
| aggressive from the start will not achieve | | | | are right and the discipline not to use slow playing |
| this.Slow playing a hand needs to be used | | | | too often.Get your slow playing strategy right |
| sparingly to be effective - only when the | | | | though and you will enhance your profit potential |
| circumstances are right.The Four Circumstances | | | | considerably.As with all poker strategies it takes |
| that are Right for Slow Playing a Hand are:1. You | | | | time to perfect and the old adage practice makes |
| must have a very strong hand to consider the | | | | perfect applies. |