You get shot in the foot for slow playing...

Don't ever slowplay unless you really have THE NUTS. I've told myself not to do this before but it's tempting and it always hurts x3...just another example right here...pitiful, I want to kill myself for doing this:

PokerStars Game #1706125402: Hold'em Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2005/05/15 - 22:41:05 (ET)
Table 'Erinome' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: TURKISHPRIDE ($3.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Neutrality ($30.10 in chips)
Seat 3: TSSnitter ($33.35 in chips)
Seat 4: psu165 ($23.35 in chips)
Seat 5: bonziwells ($6.25 in chips)
Seat 6: xhillbilly ($7.60 in chips)
Seat 7: marinejag ($11.75 in chips)
Seat 8: fingers35 ($23.55 in chips)
Seat 9: grantvan35 ($14.95 in chips)
Seat 10: Gibbs20/18 ($3.25 in chips)
xhillbilly: posts small blind $0.10
marinejag: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Neutrality [9s 9c]
fingers35: folds
grantvan35: folds
grantvan35 is sitting out
Gibbs20/18: folds
TURKISHPRIDE: folds
Neutrality: raises $0.25 to $0.50
TSSnitter: folds
psu165: folds
bonziwells: folds
xhillbilly: folds
marinejag: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [9d Ah 4c]
marinejag: checks
Neutrality: checks
*** TURN *** [9d Ah 4c] [2s]
marinejag: checks
Neutrality: bets $0.50
marinejag: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [9d Ah 4c 2s] [3c]
marinejag: bets $0.50
Neutrality: calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
marinejag: shows [Js 5h] (a straight, Ace to Five)
Neutrality: shows [9s 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
marinejag collected $3.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.10 | Rake $0
Board [9d Ah 4c 2s 3c]
Seat 1: TURKISHPRIDE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Neutrality showed [9s 9c] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 3: TSSnitter folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: psu165 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bonziwells (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: xhillbilly (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: marinejag (big blind) showed [Js 5h] and won ($3.10) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 8: fingers35 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: grantvan35 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Gibbs20/18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Whether to slow play or not really depends on your opponents. There is no right answer for whether to slow play or not.

If you read your opponents and know they will pay you off if you slow play then you do it but otherwise, you have to take what you can get when its offered.

You get busted slow playing, it comes with the territory but if you play smart and read your opponents (that is very key) then in the long run you will gain money. So busting on a slow play will happen, but what separates the good poker players from the bad is your read on the situation so you cut your losses on the bust, and how well you read your opponents to make the most out of your slowplays.


You got busted there but I don't see a problem with that. That was the odds way of keeping balance. Resistance must be there, balance is what this universes physics are based on. So instead of remembering the resistance, remember the tires rolling forward as you push, its more motivating.

I agree with Cowboy. I slowplay a lot more than a lot of people I have seen, but you have to know when a good time is to slow play. Also I noticed you where playing limit holdem. Its mucher harder to slowplay here. When that scarw card came off on the turn, you couldnt bet enough to make them fold, in my opinion. I usually play NL and the slowplay is more effective in that situation.

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