Slow wager on is a term used in poker – specifically Texas Holdem – for wanting to lure your competitors into generating a big wager so that you simply can trap them and take down a big pot.
It can be usually used with a very very good pre-flop palm such as pocket Aces on Kings. In place of wagering huge, the sluggish gambler will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he doesn’t have a hand worth betting, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will are available in with a big bet.
It is really a classic poker manouever and one which has won a lot of money for poker gamblers down by way of the ages, except it has lost it is effectiveness. The simple reason for this is that everybody is now slow playing their large hands so it’s pretty much expected.
So how do you use this scenario to your advantage?
If you catch a big palm, you have to arrive out wagering. In place of trying to tempt your competitors into producing a move so that you just can are available in over the top, produce the wager yourself. Now most amateur players baulk at the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their big hands, but in reality you will usually always acquire a number of wagering action from somebody.
By betting your major palm instead of gradual betting it, you’re performing a double bluff since most people would sluggish wager on it. Your opponents will generally assume you are bluffing and you are going to obtain a number of wagering action and ultimately win extra money.
The other reason you really should wager is that should you do not wager, that you are allowing your opponents a no cost look at the cards and every single time a card is turned over they may very well be converting a losing hand to a winning one.
There’s only one scenario where it will constantly pay to gradual wager on your palm – whenever you flop an absolute monster that pretty much can’t be beaten. For example say you’re dealt Ace, 4 of clubs and the flop is Queen, 10, 9 of clubs. You’ve just flopped the nut flush and you are pretty much unbeatable. OK somebody could have a pair of Queens, 10s or 9s and catch a fourth on the turn or river, or they may very well be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, except the odds of you not succeeding are now remote.
This is the time to gradual play your hand. You will find all sorts of hands that anyone else could possibly be holding to make them think they’re in a very good position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples or even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they have got the odds are any individual will consider it’s worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or 9 you may well have a big raise and even an all-in from somebody.
Now you let them develop the pot up by just calling the wagers and take down the pot with your nut flush.