A play that works 99%....if

[PokerEveryDay]

You and one other opponent see the flop and your first to act and have the lead. You bet out (continuous bet) and you get called. The turn comes and you check, now if your opponent also checks then your set. The river comes and now you bet, 99% of the time your opponent will fold. Is there something about this or is just that the guy doesn't have anything? Or, looking at it from your opponents side does this play mean trickery/strength and will get them off a hand?

[RiverTheNuts]

umm wtf... at the limits I play this gets you a guaranteed call... flop bet looks like a continuation, turn you give him a free card to beat you, and then the river you bet out again with what looks like a bluff, and he calls with ace high or some garbage

[Cowboy21]

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umm wtf... at the limits I play this gets you a guaranteed call... flop bet looks like a continuation, turn you give him a free card to beat you, and then the river you bet out again with what looks like a bluff, and he calls with ace high or some garbage

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Agreed. The only way I could see this working is if the board pairs on the river. Thats about the only time I'm folding here.

[PokerEveryDay]

Wow, I swear I have been in this situations so many times and is why I posted it. It has worked soo many times than not I can't even count it. Off hand the only thing I can think of is my opponent sees the check on the turn followed by a bet on the river like I was semi slow playing the hand and gets scared.

[jonny quest]

The only play works 99% for me is Richard III. Other than that, it is easy to image many situations in which the river bet you place is called and even reraised. For example, a LAG who routinely makes continuation bets will often be played down this way by an opponent who flopped a monster.

[Banks2334]

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Wow, I swear I have been in this situations so many times and is why I posted it. It has worked soo many times than not I can't even count it. Off hand the only thing I can think of is my opponent sees the check on the turn followed by a bet on the river like I was semi slow playing the hand and gets scared.

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He probably called the flop to slow you down, got a free turn card and missed on the river is another way to look at it.

[AaronBrown]

If this really works 99% of the time, you should bet on the turn. If he folds, you have the same profit, without the risk of him hitting on the river. If he calls, you make an extra bet on all your good hands. When you have a bad hand, he's even more likely to fold on the river than if you checked on the turn.

When your opponents are too passive, punish them, don't just collect the easy money. But watch out when you run up against aggressive opponents.

[black_russian]

Now that is creative poker! Even if he hits a gutshot he folds cause you are so good? wtf, this is retarded

[12AX7]

Well, I don't know how often it works, but from the opponent's perspective it would seem you tried to set up a check raise that he didn't fall for. Then you hit on the end to try and get the money.

At least that's what I suspect the opponent's reasoning is.

[WiSeIVIaN]

Bad players make bad moves at bad times. Just because somethign works due to opponent mistakes doesn't mean your maximizing what you could get from their mistakes. Follow?