Sometimes it will have color and raise on your bet on the turn, but in most cases it will have a low pair and in case of aggressive bets it will drop the blow. Remember that you have less than 40% of successful bluffing.

Despite the 10 being a poker online overcard compared to the flop, it is not that scary. Expect your opponent, therefore, to keep calling if you make a second bet.This is therefore a little or no profitable situation for a second barrel. But you need to build an image if a really scary card comes down on the river, and then bet again.

The  Best Call for You

In the event of a call also to the second barrel, you will need to consider making a third strong bet in the event that an overcard or a third card of spades arrives on the river.We will rarely find hands playing on the flop and will fold on the second bullet on this turn. With the second king you can hardly represent one yourself, and any pair will be enough for your opponent to call a second barrel.In this case you will have to consider the possibility of checking back, and possibly giving support.

Your image on the double barrel

So far we have talked above all about how to deal with every situation after the flop, especially regarding the possibility of the second barrel. But there is another aspect that is certainly more important.

• It’s your table image and the way your opponents perceive your style of play.
• If you start betting practically in every stroke, playing all hands, or you’ve just failed a bluff in a big pot, your credibility is at historic lows.
• It doesn’t matter what’s on the board or the style of play of your opponents: your subsequent attempts to make a second or third barrel are unlikely to score.

This is why it is important not to be too aggressive and not to try too often to bluff. You don’t need to win all the dishes. And letting go in some marginal situations will make your image grow.

Your Chances

It is also important to shoot bullets with at least decent hands. If you have rarely bet – for example – with top pair and a good kicker, if the opportunity occurs again, your opponent will often give you credit.

It is of fundamental importance that your opponents give you credit when you have a decent hand, otherwise your bluffing attempts will fall on deaf ears.

To conclude:

If you are playing with super weak opponents, like particularly drunk people at the casino or rivals at online micro-limits, you will have to avoid running into big bluffs.Your opponents will always want to go to the showdown and pay little attention to math. With these people, playing with air in hand is not recommended.You will have to have a decent hand, go ahead with the value bet, take the pot home and tell them they will be luckier in the next round. But in the meantime you will have won.

Clare Louise