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Message: [QUOTE="diabloblanco, post: 365803, member: 4734"] Bring them in for a raise if your first in the pot or call a smallish to middle raise if not the first raiser. Obviously your hoping to hit your set on the flop so you don't want to see any overcards. Check your pair if you miss the flop and hope to get a free card off, if you're raised your probably beat and you can get away from your hand. Another option is a continuation bet on the flop if you were the pre-flop aggressor. This keeps the pressure on your opponent and can also give you the same information as your check-fold if your raise is re-raised on the flop. One mistake I see often is when a player brings in a small pair for a small raise from early to middle position-- for the sake of argument say pocket 3's--and they get three callers including the blinds. The flop misses the 3's but still contains mainly low cards, for example 2-5-7 rainbow. Here is a situation that simply because there are overcards on the board doesn't mean that the pocket 3's are beat. Since the initial raise was from early position, you should in most cases assume that the callers behind you had relatively decent starting hands. Always ask yourself what would each individual player have called raise(X) from position(X) while holding? Probably some hands like high suited connectors and facecards are out there which a continuation bet can get rid of. Not betting again on the flop takes the control from you and relinquishes it to another player at the table who has position on you. If you check and are subsequently raised, you will be totally lost as to where you stand in the hand, forcing you to basically surrender and fold (possibly the best hand) to someone holding overcards like K-Q who also completely missed the flop. Don't just arbitrarily throw low pockets away if you miss the flop, especially if you're playing knowledgeable players and brought them in for a raise from EP because players that are knowledgeable and or paying attention will respect an early position raise and assume you have a big hand such as a pair tens or above or A-K, etc. One thing to always be aware of is the position of any other pre flop action at the table. If you're one off of the button with pocket 7's and someone in first position brings his hand in for a nice raise (say, 5xBB) and he gets two callers before the action gets to you, you can be fairly sure that any painted overcards on the board will have hit someone and your sevens are no longer any good. Make sure you always consider position remembering that early position raisers are usually stronger than small-medium pockets if not before the flop definitely after a flop with paint in it. Remember that a large portion of hands are won--especially heads-up--with hands ranking three-of-a-kind down to high-card. [/QUOTE]

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