After work I didn’t feel like doing shit, so I sat down at the online poker tables on Bodog. If you’ve never tried out Bodog, you’re missing out on another great site. They have unlimited bonuses, which means you can keep depositing and always get a bonus. Sign up with referral code P213C5D and I’ll get a nice little bonus on top of yours. The tables are soft, the bonuses aren’t too hard to clear, and the software is pretty good. I’ve been playing there on and off for a few months and like it.
I played for 4 and a half hours or so and finally had a great night. $240+ added to the bankroll. I was playing three tables most of the time. One table of $1/2 6-max, one full table of $2/4, and a full table of $3/6. The $3/6 game was killer. I took $270 from that game, finished even in the $2/4, and lost $30 in the $1/2. I made some mistakes, but my limit hold’em game is finally coming back into form. I had some nasty suck outs hit against me and I also called down when I shouldn’t have a few times. I successfully pulled the stop-and-go a couple of times. The stop-and-go might be my favorite move to pull off. I like it a lot better than a simple check-raise, because I don’t slow play very often for fear of giving a free card. When someone raises me on the flop and I’m holding a monster it’s almost a sure thing they are going to come out firing again on the turn, so then the check-raise for the stop-and-go comes right back at ’em. Low limit players rarely see it coming.
It feels good to book a nice win again.
Stop and go? Could you elaborate on this. I like the sound of it and I am like you I hate to give free cards.
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Brian
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I’d love to.
The Stop and Go is where you come out betting on the flop. Someone raises. You have a pretty big hand, so you simply call to disguise the strength of your hand. On the turn, you check, hoping the other player bets. When he bets, you come back over the top with what is in reality a check-raise. It’s called a stop and go because you stopped your betting, let the other player take the lead and then come back at him. If you had re-raised on the flop, the other player might have folded right there or folded to your lead out bet on the turn. Usually this move will get you a few extra bets. It also helps to put an aggressive player in his place because you know he’s going to come back firing on the turn and you can take advantage of that.
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sorry about the double post. Ok I have used that before just didn’t know the name of it. I usually play by feel and don’t really think about the move itself. I am going to try this a bit more and see how it works for me.
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Brian
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