Wynton
06-12-2005, 10:33 AM
Recently I was able to bluff successfully with a check/raise on the flop at 2/4 in a way that I think perhaps I could not have at higher levels.
I can't remember the precise details, but I think I had raised the flop utg with something like J10s, and very loose player to my left called. We were headsup on the flop. Flop was QQ3. I checked, certain he was going to bet. Then I raised, and he folded.
But setting aside the details of this hand, my point is that I was relatively sure that this player would assume that my check/raise meant I had a very strong hand, even trips. On the other hand, at higher levels I would think that most players would assume that, if I had real strength, I would wait until a later street to raise.
Is there any validity to the idea that stronger players recognize that other players will not raise with strong hands until later streets (headsup), whereas weaker players fail to recognize that?
I can't remember the precise details, but I think I had raised the flop utg with something like J10s, and very loose player to my left called. We were headsup on the flop. Flop was QQ3. I checked, certain he was going to bet. Then I raised, and he folded.
But setting aside the details of this hand, my point is that I was relatively sure that this player would assume that my check/raise meant I had a very strong hand, even trips. On the other hand, at higher levels I would think that most players would assume that, if I had real strength, I would wait until a later street to raise.
Is there any validity to the idea that stronger players recognize that other players will not raise with strong hands until later streets (headsup), whereas weaker players fail to recognize that?