Stealth Hands - 3oaK and two pair |
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Posted Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:16 am GMT by pm_french
Here's my thinking:
Potential flushes/straights are easy enough to spot looking at the board and you could sometimes make presumptions that the top pair is somewhere among the players however I feel that two pair & trips (based on a pocket pair plus one from the table - particularly the low ones that may have just induced calls preflop) can be quite tricky to detect.
What sort of signs to people look for to maybe indicate a trip using a pocket pair or two pair being held by someone (this can also be extended to the full houses also)?
Some ideas perhaps (maybe each of these on their own wouldn't be enough but perhaps together):
- High connecting cards present on the board
- Re-raising after the river when there is no straight or flush possible)
- Preflop raising followed by checking on the flop when high cards are present
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Posted Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:18 pm GMT by Dakijeza
| pm_french wrote: |
Some ideas perhaps (maybe each of these on their own wouldn't be enough but perhaps together):
- High connecting cards present on the board
- Re-raising after the river when there is no straight or flush possible)
- Preflop raising followed by checking on the flop when high cards are present |
I always give pause when I'm just called pre-flop and on the flop. Because I bet aggressively, someone usually has something strong if they haven't shown to play loose. When this happens, and I don't hit another card on the turn, I check. I have a good feeling that I'm beat, even if I have a pretty strong hand. I hope they check and give me another card at that point, but unless I hit trips on the river, I would probably assume I'm beat.
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