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 Buying a Free Card in Good Position.
Buying yourself a free card is essential if you like to play semi connectors or suited connectors. The best place to play these hands is on the button or close enough where you can steal the button. So you want to make a raise in order to steal the button or if you have the button you need to make a raise to represent a strong hand which in turn will buy you a free card on the turn nine times out of ten even if your opponent hit he will likely check to you expecting another big raise this is where you can see the turn for free and if you are playing connectors that is a good thing to have in your pocket before backing off. If you flop a good draw here you can see the next card for free or if you have a good draw and sense weakness you can go with a semi bluff and just buy the pot right there. So raising from good position gives you the advantage of seeing a free card on the turn or river as well as giving you a chance to steal the pot even if you didn’t hit. However with suited connectors or semi connectors there is a good chance you will hit a piece of it. When you do you can either buy yourself a free card or take the pot down depending on your read. If you just call chances are someone before you is going to hit and male a big bet that you cant call to see your draw. That is why its important to raise. You narrow the field down to one or two callers and you buy yourself a free turn card.
So this is basically how to buy that free card. Also this will help keep your opponents guessing. One time your raising preflop with Ace King or Aces the next your rasing with 79 suited this kind of play will keep them guessing as to what you raise with. Using this tactic can become an essential part of your poker strategy not just for buying free cards but also to keep other poker players form putting you on a hand. By considering your position and making raises you can mix things up and do it when the odds in your favor to take down a pot. You will be amazed at how many pots you can steal in a night by using this tactic.
So next time you find yourself close to the button and you have a good hidden hand like suited connectors or semi connectors give this poker strategy a try and let us now how it worked for you in our poker forum.
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