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Tips for Playing the Turn

The turn can be tricky. Examine the turn card to see how it affects the board. With four cards on the board you will notice that there is nearly always a straight possibility. Keep this in mind if you're betting top pair or trips.

Tip One: Bet or Raise Now: If you initiated the betting on the flop with what you felt was the best hand, continue to bet it. Examine the board after the turn and if don't see any obvious threats you should assume you still have the best hand. Bet out here and raise any bets before you. You need to do it now. You can't let drawing hands or weak players stay in for free at this point. Make them pay to see another card. Scare them out if possible. Get their money into the pot if they won't get out. If you're not aggressive on the turn, One, the river may hit one of your opponents costing you the pot. Two, If they miss their draw, they'll just fold on the river, meaning you won't make any additional money there, so you see, you must charge them as much as possible on the turn to either take them out or make them pay to stay. Keep in mind that aggression is occasionally met with a monster hand that was slow-played by a "deceptive" player. That's O.K. because you'll win more than enough pots to cover it by being aggressive. Many online players entire basic strategy can be summed up as "act weak when strong, strong when weak" a strategy that will not work in low limit games.

Tip Two: The Scary Turn: If you bet on the flop and on the turn it looks like there's a good chance you are beaten you should just check here. For example say you have AA and the flop came 8,9,J with two clubs. If the turn comes with a 10 of clubs, you're pair of aces is now pretty certainly doomed against a large field of players and probably doomed against more than one. You should back off and check here. If no one bets that's great, but don't hesitate to fold if there's any betting action from a tight player. Like the song says, "You got to know when to fold 'em."

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