Making the Most out of the ‘Nuts’
There is nothing like flopping the absolute nuts in poker. Your eyes pop out of your head and all you can think of is how to get the most money out of the hand. This is not often very easy to do, but when you are in late position, you can make some more sophisticated plays that will allow you to get a little more money out of your opponent.
For the sake of argument, we will assume that you are on the button and have a middle position raiser in front of you. The flop comes out and it is all you. There is no other draw or card that can hurt you unless the board was to pair and give someone a boat. As your opponent will probably throw out a continuation bet regardless of whether or not he hit, you know there is going to be more money in the pot.
This is where most poker players will make an error. They get a little excited and decide to throw out a raise. If your opponent does not have a hand, they are going to get out cheap at this point. Just make the call and see what the turn brings before you make a move. Now the turn hits and you are still in no danger or getting beat regardless of the river (except of course if the board were to pair and the danger of the boat is brought in). If your opponent throws out a check, this is the one time that you may want to give him the free card and let him think that you are on a draw.
What this does is induce him to make a bet on the river regardless of what card hits. He will more than likely put you on some type of a draw and throw out a decent bet in order to take down the pot. If you are lucky, the river card will improve his hand just a bit and then you can drop the hammer.
Reading your opponent is the key to the success here as it is going to dictate how much of a raise that you put in. If you want to get called, the raise is going to have to be perfect. Some players will come right back at you when you simply double the bet and others will wait for an overly aggressive raise, such as 6 or 7 times the last bet, that evokes a feeling of you trying to be a bully. Pay attention to how they are playing and you may just end up getting all of your chips in with the nuts.
Flopping the nuts and making money on poker sites is not an easy thing to do. You sometimes have to be very patient and let things develop before you can try and get some money from playing poker on poker sites. Evaluating your opponents and patience will be the key to your success when you are building a pot with the nuts.
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