[westSou]

Man i notice the only time i have a bad beat...is when i slow play...forget slow playing..i'm just going to take the chips and go..i shouldn't be greedy no more because i'm giving too much chances..for ex. on one of the game i play...i had KK... so i just called... flop came q-5-8 rainbow..so i checked..player checked...turn was a j- so player checks i check...river came ace...player bets..i reraised not thinkin he had the ace..he had it...i mean it was my mistake again..because i should've bet a little or something...but yeah slow playing my cowboys(kk) didn't work out...maybe it's just me...but for those who slow plays..becareful that the other player don't catch anything on u...

[2NcCrdPlayer]

it don't matter if you slow play or not he was going to call you i'll bet on it .

No body folds anymore i got beat today i had AA pushed all-in because i always get beat with this hand for slow playing by low cards so i pushed went all-in guy turned over 77 flop came out Qc Td 2H turn was a Q and the river yep a damn 7......... was beat,

it's like the fold button dont work anymore
i'll slow play some like boats love those take em to the river and let everyone bet......

[drkneenie]

slow playing will get u no where. the only time i slow play is if a flop the nut flush, st8, or fullhouse. any other hand if i try to slow play i end up losing to a runner runner or them catching the miracle card on the river. slow playing is for the birds!! i am done with it!!

[Merkiwaters]

i wouldn't even slow play straights that much if you get em on the flop. unless it is a rainbow, and you have the highest or close to the highest nut, i would even value bet at the least to guage the other player. i've lost too many times flopping a straight and losing to a flush or a higher straight.

[Acorn89]

Just calling with Kings isnt such a good idea because what are you going to do if an A hits the flop. You cant let someone with just an Ace to see a cheap flop to beat you. If you put in a good sized bet then it will be the other players mistake of calling and evenaully you will win in the long run if other people call with out the pot odds to do so.

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Originally Posted by drkneenie

slow playing will get u no where. the only time i slow play is if a flop the nut flush, st8, or fullhouse. any other hand if i try to slow play i end up losing to a runner runner or them catching the miracle card on the river. slow playing is for the birds!! i am done with it!!

bet the nut flush..the fourth heart or w/e suit it is will kill all the ACTION unless of course someone has the K of hearts. I don't slowplay no reason to. If theres 4 limpers and you catch a set one of them has to of gotten a piece of the flop. I don't like letting people catch up and its not good poker to miss value bets unless your trying to induce bluffs which imo isn't optimal stargey.

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[nxtyear]

Originally Posted by westSou

Man i notice the only time i have a bad beat...is when i slow play...forget slow playing..i'm just going to take the chips and go..i shouldn't be greedy no more because i'm giving too much chances..for ex. on one of the game i play...i had KK... so i just called... flop came q-5-8 rainbow..so i checked..player checked...turn was a j- so player checks i check...river came ace...player bets..i reraised not thinkin he had the ace..he had it...i mean it was my mistake again..because i should've bet a little or something...but yeah slow playing my cowboys(kk) didn't work out...maybe it's just me...but for those who slow plays..becareful that the other player don't catch anything on u...

average hand in poker is Two-pair
meaning that a pair is not that great a hand.
i would never slow play kings or i would on very rare occasions.

given the circumstances, slow playing till the flop is acceptable
but you HAVE to bet that turn. u don't want to give another free card.
if u get raised, then u fold your kings. if you get called, flat call the river unless your hand improves (hitting another king).

on the river, if all you have is a pair, never raise it. just call the bet.
even if that ace didn't hit, flatcall. all you have is a pair, your opponent could easily have two pair or a straight on that board and was slowplaying YOU.

[JClem132]

I mainly just slow play when i have the monster in a hand. I do not prefer to give my oppenent free cards to the flop. So the only time I will slow play is when i am pretty sure i have my opponent beat. So basically if the flop came 8 h K d 2 s. And i had 22, i would slow play since I would have worry about the flush, or the straight , cause no matter what card came on fourth, it wouldnt give the guy a flush or a straight. So I have to have a pretty great hand to slow play. But if it is just three people in the hand, I like to slow play a little more. All depends on how many ppl are in the hand, the blind structure, and the aggressiveness of the other player. When I play with reallly aggressive players I tend to slow play more, and let them do all the betting and when i call, they think im not sure where my hand is at really when i am just waiting to bust them. Slow playing works very well against aggressive players. Believe me lol, people slow play me all the time, cause i am very very very very aggressiveness, just ask rambo.