Always getting raised on the turn, and sometimes the river.

[Alex/Mugaaz]

This post should probably go in the Poker Theory forum, but I'm sure it will be better answered here, so forgive me.


I've been playing 5/10 full a lot lately. The only real change I've noticed is little less loose preflop, and people raising me on the turn (and sometimes river) regularly.

Before this was usually a clear sign I was beaten if the opponent wasn't a maniac. However, I've been noticing that I've been winning A LOT more showdowns after gettin raised than before. I was expecting the opposite to be true..

I've tried to think as to why this may be. The only conclusion I can come too is that I probably look fairly crazy from the other players point of view. I am betting and raising most of hands on most of the streets (Almost always correctly slow, though I feel I may be making too many continuation bets on the flop in multihanded pots). Though I'm sure I don't look LAG, my VPIP is only in the 19-22% range.

Looking over my hands one thing I've noticed as well is that I almost never 3bet the turn or river unless I'm holding a set or better (or top 2). Should I be? I notice that in higher games this goes on a lot more. I have to say I really have no idea how to operate here. Unless a draw comes in it's really hard to narrow down the raisers hand enough for me to think re-raising is the correctly play.


I know these questions might be a little too general, but that is my intention. I feel I don't have enough geneal strategy for this area to be making the correct plays.

Anyone have replies to the general questions asked here?