Re: What\'s your move?
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COME ON! Slowplay this 'til the river. You're only gonna make a buck if the SB pairs up.
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LOL. I'm debating this on another poker forum, and my strong belief is that is an almost ideal slowplay situation. I'm in the minority, so I thought I'd come over here and get a different point of view.
The problem is that the original poster posted the results at the start, so I think some of the reponses were results-oriented.
The SB had A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and the 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] came on the turn. The SB checked, the BB went all in, got called by the SB, and the river completed the flush for the SB.
I argued that an "ideal" slowplay situation isn't risk free. Sometimes it backfires, but you're missing out on bets over the long term if you always play fast in these types of situations.
Some advocates of the fastplay believed that you only slowplay when you have the stone-cold nuts. Again, I argued that you'd almost never slowplay if that were the case, and that would cost you bets. Also, I argued that "thinking" players would pick up on this and not give you much action when you try your slowplay.
I'm open to being wrong on this. The fact that there were so many posters opposed to my view encouraged me to post here for your thoughts.
Someone from the other forum will probably find this thread and report back that I posted here. I'm not trying to prove that I'm right. Although I do think I'm right [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img], so many opposing views make me question my beliefs. I'm just seeking the best answer.
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