The value of occasionally raising with $h!t

Originally Posted by 7letters

I get what you're saying Mars and at a cash game I too will usually only like to show the occasional good hand. However, even if they see a bluff or a play from me with small cards, I don't see it as such a bad thing. If you're taking down a lot of pots at a game, the players should know themselves that you can't possibly have a good hand all the time, they know sometimes that you are pushing your draws and making continuation bets and maybe sometimes outright bluffing them. OK, so they see one hand you played with 8-6 - so what? -

The most difficult player to play against is an aggressive player who obviously has a good hand sometimes, but is also aggressive when he's in a pot with inferior cards. The hard part is accessing if he' strong or not. I wouldnt be too concerned and start changing your plays just because you have shown one or two poor hands.

If you're up against an aggressive player, who's on a rushand he takes one particular hand down with an 8-high flush, does it make such a difference to how you play him? Surely you already know that he isnt always going to be in a pot with premiums.

I do get what you are saying though and I suppose a lot here depends on your opponents but I don't think you should necessarily adjust your style just because you've shown a small hand.

Infact, if I regarded a player as a fairly strong player, and I see him make a play with 8-6, then it would make me even more wary of him, because I now know that those plays are sometimes a part of his game.