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Message: [QUOTE="sandy358, post: 7158780, member: 1040401"] Slowplay is rarely a good move, though sometimes it is the correct decision for trapping and for the balancing sake ([ISPOILER]but from my experience with solvers, in this case you have to balance somewhat inbetween hands, not super strong, but not that weak either, or some hands with additional runouts aka good middle pair with a flush draw etc while your good value hands {sets, two pairs, top pairs good kicker, overpairs} should still be extracting value[/ISPOILER]) or when your opponent's range connected with the board so poorly that you are not going to extract enough value from them either way. Slowplaying can also be deadly on the boards which require big cbets for protection (which are mostly 9-high, 10-high and similar boards with vulnerable top pairs and overpairs in your particular range present), because you have to fold out at least some of the overcards with the weak pairs in your range, and weaking up your big bet range while missing out on extra value would be a mistake. Though. * Top sets occasionally slowplay, because they heavily block top pairs, which are in the opponent's continuation range, and giving your opponent chance to improve on the turn will give you more profit. That's why middle and bottom sets are kind of better than top sets, as they don't block the hands that your opponent is going to call a lot with. * Nut flush flops also usually slowplay IIRC, but it is mostly related to the fact that you should play much much more passive on monotone flops in general. And, again, giving your opponent a chance to improve to an inferior 4-community-card flush on the turn would be kind of more profitable? (but flush draws don't fold on the flop either way, so I guess this particular explaination is out of the picture) Slowplay can be good exploitative though. If you are sure that if you display weakness against this particular opponent, they are always going to willingly put a lot of money in the pot for free, you should absolutely go for trapping against them every time. [/QUOTE]

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