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Advanced Texas Holdem – Why Check-Raising Is For Losers
It’s a confusing advanced Texas Holdem strategy to implement. Read this article now to find out why check raising is for losers, unless your a WPT champion.
I know that advanced Texas holdem poker professionals, WPT champions and the mysterious ‘Texas Poker Gods’ all tell you to check raise, check and raise, check first and raise later. However, for the most part I advised against this strategy. If you have followed my blog or articles for sometime you’ll know this. The bottom line is this:
– When you check, you can only win by one way. That is to have better cards then the other players.. – When you raise, there are two ways you can win. That is to have better cards then the other players.. and the players can fold.
I would much prefer two ways rather than one.
Check raising is for losers. It doesn’t work most of the time. It’s a weak, wimpy play. It’s bred from the poverty mindset of ‘I have to save my chips. My precious chips!’. “I can see the flop for free and raise if I hit!”. Or the even worse (in my books) overt-trickster mindset ‘heehee I’m gonna trick him. Hehe’
You can’t save your way to wealth. You can’t trick your way into success. Hard work, consistent practice and a never ending desire to learn is what you need.
There is no replacement for a solid aggressive betting strategy. And you can’t be aggressive when you are checking all the time. If you had pocket aces, why would you check? If you’ve hit a flush or have a nice flush draw, why would you check? If you’ve got a set and have an open ended straight draw, why would you check?
So unless you are so absolutely awesome at your pre-flop reading ability, and without a doubt know that your cards are better than your opponents, and that you will most likely flop a better hand then him, and that he will have a hand that’s good enough to bet but still just worse then yours so you take the pot, then I wouldn’t bother check-raising.
Longshots Horseracing Tips.
Betting on longshots in horseracing can provide you with a profit. Most horse bettors
like to slowly grind out a profit on high percentage favorites while a few horse bettors
like the big win with a longshot. While longshots are great when you cash a ticket on them, the truth of the matter is that you cash your tickets far and few between. As the old
saying goes, “Risk equals reward,” is demonstrated over and over again when the horse
bettor plays a longshot horserace.
It all boils down to the size of your bankroll, your quest for thrills, and your financial plans. Winning longshots can be thrilling, however, as previous mentioned, you can have
long periods without cashing a ticket. That is the main reason why I play the favorites and sprinkle my bets with a longshot.
Thus, below are some tips to help you narrow down your search for high paying bets when playing the longshot in a horserace.
1. Have a plan for longshot horseracing bets.
If you are thinking about playing and hitting longshots, then you should start by studying them and making a strategic plan about longshot horseracing. Thus, I suggest a good longshot horseracing system. As I like to say, a good system is better than no system at all because as they say, “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” Thus, ask yourself, “do you have a longshot horseracing system?”
2. Know where to look for good longshot bets when placing a longshot horseracing bet.
I suggest that you start by studying longshots that have won recently at your favorite track?
Why did the longshot horse win? Did the longshot horse have spped, in a different class,
or in better form, etc.
That is why you should know how to handicap a horse race. Your objective in handicapping the horse race is to identify profitable situations that will most likely repeat over again. Once you have handicapped a horse race, you should make a list of trainers and jockeys who win with longshots. Believe me, longshots are usually won by the same trainers and jockeys!
The reason for this is that the longshots winning trainers and jockeys share the information with their owners and other people. Most trainers rarely win with a longshot. If they have a good horse, everybody at the racetrack knows about it.
You will discover that many of the biggest longshot horseracing winners are ridden by
some of the most famous and successful jockeys.
3. Play the favorites with a longshot added to an exotic bet.
If you do, you will win most of your bets and make a profit. If you remember the three above tips, you will be well on your way to hitting more longshots.
Just remember that the most consistent horse racing systems require the horse bettor have the basics and to be able to understand the basics.