Online Poker - Strategy on Flop

Strategy on Flop

Here basic strategy on flop. Three cards, plus your two pocket cards - the situation is sufficient clear, it is a high time to make serious decisions on which in many respects success of your game will depend. Making a decision, it is necessary to consider following factors:

1. Force of your hand.
2. Type of Flop.
3. Number of opponents.
4. Possible cards of opponents.
5. Size of bank.

Following strategy on Flop are possible:

1. We put with the best hand (top pair with good kicker, above),
2. We put to protect a hand: if are not assured, that the hand the best and to not give opponents of a free card,
3. We set as with the purpose of a bluff or to a semi-bluff,
4. We put for check of cards of players: if has not followed raise it is possible to try to continue to put on turn.
5. Check or call with the purpose of slowplay,
6. Check or call with a hand of average quality (the average/younger pair, not completed flush or straight).
7. Check-raising with strong by the current moment a hand with the purpose to lift bank and to expel opponents, with the purpose of a bluff or at good chances to collect straight/flush.
8. Raise with the best hand: to lift bank,
9. Raise for protection of a hand: if are not assured of force of a hand raise will allow to expel opponents for you,
10. Raise for reception of a free card,
11. Raise with the purpose of a bluff or to a semi-bluff,
12. Fold cards (after the rate of the opponent): if the current hand is weak, not enough chances of improvement of a hand and are small probability that the bluff will be possible.