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www.pkr.com – Raising has traditionally been a sign of strength in poker, with the reraise, being even more of an impact bet. Sometimes though, the check raise can say much more about the strength of your hand. Also when you consider the frequency with which players in late position put out a raise to try and win the pot on flops, you can often win yourself a larger one by check-raising, even if you have no hand either.

With some sort of big draw, I probably wouldn’t feel

check-raising was the best way forward, as you invite a potentially large reraise from your opponent, and the following decision will not be an easy one.
As a general rule, I do not like to check-raise with a strong hand, as it does have the impact of causing your opponent to immediately assume you may have a very strong hand, and that should not be your aim. An initial small bet though would be far more likely to be interpreted as a tester bet, and as such, is far more likely to be reraised by your opponent.
You should always remember that it is not a singular bet, check, or raise, that determines an opponents assumption of your hand strength, it is also the interlinked actions that precede, and follow it.

So whilst the raise does show strength, I would conclude by saying that the check-raise shows considerably more strength, it does however also mean that your opponent already has chips invested by making the initial bet, and so, has more reason to call in some ways. www.pkr.com

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www.pkr.com – With a hand of (6d,7d) you have seen a flop of (Ad,4c,5c). Your single opponent min raises, and you decide to flat call. Next off is exactly what you want to see, the (3d). Having completed your straight and given yourself a flush draw too, how do you react when faced with another min raise?

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Considering your opponent hasn’t commited too much to the pot yet, it would be good to try and build the pot in some way, but then again, you do not want to give away the true strength of your hand. If you decide to flat call, you might be raised again on the river, thus letting your opponent build the pot for you, but this holds it’s own dangers too. It’s possible your opponent is min raising with four clubs, not commiting too much, but hoping to get some chips into the middle in case a club hits. In this case, you could end up losing a big pot by giving a free river.

There is also an outside chance that your opponent has some sort of hand containing two bigger diamonds, but then even the board pairing could spell disaster for you too if your opponent has a set or two pair. For this reason, I would feel compelled to reraise when the straight hits, although I wouldn’t make the bet all that big. It is still unlikely that you will lose the pot at this point, so you cannot blame yourself for not moving all in to potect your hand if the worst does happen.

Reraising at least a little, does give you the chance to win the pot outright though, as well as building a bigger pot. Also in your opponents mind, your reraise does not entirely give away your hand, because this is the sort of turn card a player could feasibly use to represent a hand. www.pkr.com

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