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Message: [QUOTE="Prysm, post: 307258, member: 3005"] Have you ever sit down at a tournament game, first hand, you look down at your mediocre hand. Everyone calls down to you. You decide "Why not just see the flop". So you call. Now everyone behind you just calls/folds. There is atleast half or more people at the table involved in the hand. The small blind calls. Now you notice the big blind is taking alittle more time. Then he announces, "RAISE". Then you look down to see he raises the minimum. What is the point of this? He will most likely not make anyone fold in the beginning of a tourney when the blinds are so low. The minmum raise might infact cause a reraise. Is this a mistake? Maybe... maybe not. It depends what he thought he could accomplish. If he has a "Monster" hand the minimum bet could have been used to spawn a rereaise. But I would think that this is a bit too fancy for the beginning of the tourney. Probably the best bet would be to raise it 4xthe big blind. Or he could be hoping that with more money in the pot it may cause someone to chase... all the while he holds the advantage. Now if he holds mediocre or trash cards... this is almost always a mistake. The raise will take money from him to see a flop that will most likely not hit him. And he might not even get to see the flop because someone my reraise that was slowplaying those pocket rockets. So why do we raise? why do we call? why do we fold? why do we check? -You should call when you will most likely need extensive help from the flop. But if you hit a monster, you can drag in lots action for your chips. -You should raise to limit the field of play. This can also be used to pinpoint someone who is way ahead of you... or help show someone that is playing wildly/ on tilt. This can also be used to make it appear you are way ahead of everyone else if you have a read. -You should check for deceptive purposes/when you don't want to start the action. -You should fold if your hand doesn't meet any of the other qualifications or you feel in anyway unsure about calling. - Always mix it up once in awhile. I like to play a hand i wouldn't normally in a way I would never play it... maybe once in an hour... maybe once in a session. But always keep 'em guessing. [/QUOTE]

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