Calling in NL is like trying to set a trap and most of the time it backfires. Slowplaying in NL is never a good idea and here I did just that.

First everyone folded to me and I needed to raise or fold not call the BB.

If I had raised him on the flop then he either folds (good) or calls. If he calls and bets the Turn then I can figure that the 9 helped him and get away from my hand.

Comments? agree or disagree? Fold the Turn when the 9 hit or what?

FullTiltPoker Game #197296609: Table Carey - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:46:07 ET - 2005/08/26
Seat 1: tg77 ($34.45)
Seat 2: win007 ($110.40), is sitting out
Seat 3: Merseault1 ($89.85)
Seat 4: AlamedaMike ($100.45)
Seat 5: lip77 ($115.65)
Seat 6: umfan ($72.50)
Seat 7: adamsapple19 ($56.95)
Seat 8: iainlap ($43.45)
Seat 9: Chabah ($47.85)
lip77 posts the small blind of $0.50
umfan posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to AlamedaMike

1 folds, AlamedaMike calls $1, 4 folds , umfan checks

*** FLOP ***

umfan bets $2

here I made a mistake. I called when I should have raised him.

AlamedaMike calls $2

*** TURN ***

Damn, that 9 is a bad card. It is higher than my 8 and puts 3 to a str8 on the board.

umfan bets $6, AlamedaMike calls $6

*** RIVER ***

umfan bets $12

Now there is an Ace on the board and he is still betting.I should fold this two pair for sure. Since I did not raise I do not know if my hand is any good. What a mess.

AlamedaMike calls $12

*** SHOW DOWN ***
umfan shows (two pair, Jacks and Nines)

AlamedaMike mucks

umfan wins the pot ($40.40) with two pair, Jacks and Nines

Mike,

I only slowplay a flopped full house or better if it s not deuces full of ...anything. You get the point.

I almost never slowplay, but it seems that everytime I do it, the calling station and somebody else outdraws me. Top two pair is not definetely a slowplaying hand, not even on the flop. I´d bettertake a small pot than give infinite odds to somebody to outdraw me. That is another tiltness trigger, in my case.

I can only think of two of these triggers; the other one is 2 hours of bad cards at all my three tables....

AlexMR.

the other problem is that it is harder to figure out where you are at in the hand.

Some boards that are fine for slowplaying you hold KK or 88 on a K82r flop.

I like betting the nut flush especially OOP as if someone has the loan K or Q you build the pot and have a better chance of breaking them if the flush card hits.

I rarely slowplay, I mean after all the biggest mistake most low stakes players make is calling too much.

Thanks guys