04.04.08
Representing a Hand
It’s a fact that you will not always be able to start out with a great hand in poker. People that don’t play poker and some novice players have the attitude that they will just wait on great cards, play the good hands that they get and rake in those Poker Chips.
This is a great strategy but there’s only one thing wrong with this statement, poker players are bound to have days where there are no good cards and you have to become creative.
That being said, you must learn to mix up your play every now and then when the bad hands are coming and learn how to represent a hand.
Representing a hand means that you may not have a great hand but you try to make your opponent think that you have a certain hand by your style of betting. I’ll give you an example.
Let’s say that you are dealt a suited 6-7 of clubs and you go ahead and call the raiser from your big blind spot. Immediately the opponent will think that you have a hand. Not a chance that they will think you have a suited 6-7.
The board flops a K-10 of hearts and a 5 of spades. Well, clearly you missed the flop completely but here is a prime opportunity that you can represent a flush draw.
If you bet big in this situation, maybe about 3 times the big blind your opponent will think one of 2 things. You may have flopped top pair or you are on a flush draw. Either way you are in good shape on the button.
If the turn reveals another heart you will be in prime position to steal the pot with a bet.
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