After watching MK for several hundred hands I have dubbed his favorite move after him. And what is that move you might ask. The Flop Check Raise. One of the more powerful tools in your limit holdem arsenal when playing against 1 or 2 opponents and you are out of position as by damn the last person to act if checked to usually just can't resist the urge to throw out that bet whether they hold a hand or not and to counter that whip out the old CR on their ass whether you hold a hand or not depending on the likelihood that the board hit them. Case in point:


Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds, MP2 calls, 4 folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (2.40 SB) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 calls.

Turn: (3.20 BB) (2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: 4.20 BB

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins 4.20 BB.


Not a big pot but most people in this scenario just fold up on the flop which isn't too scary, a low rainbow board. An extra 1.5 BB over a few hands like this every evening start to add up and also puts a little bit of fright into your more aware opponents so that they aren't as likely to fire into you after a check thus buying you free cards at times. The flop CR, don't leave home without it.

Well its about damn fucking time i get some recognition round here! I mention this move in my long winded SH posts that i posted when i first got here, back when i thought i knew it all because i was a consistent 5 bb/100 winner. Dont you hang on my every post?

But yeah, Its a good move but the key to it is image. IF you have a tight image, you can get the button off bottom or even middle pair. However, if you have a mizors image (as i often have had at tables where i try it) the button will often call you down with ace high, and that sucks. Piers, of course, being the rock of gibraltar, can employ this move very effectively-- and its defintely a good one in SH games, where the button basically considers it his duty to take down the pot when its checked around to him, when hes got no pair/no draw.

A true mizors move is this one right here...I have a hard time exactly classifying it or naming it. The only thing i can think of to name it is The 'Mizors paradise'

Dealt to MecosKing (open raise with 25 soooted. Not the most solid move, but hey i was runnin hot)
MecosKing raises [$20].
ginnster2002 folds.
benny306 calls [$20].
forepar23 folds.
hothen folds.
** Dealing Flop **
MecosKing checks.-------------------(Notice the check because i am planning on CRing)
benny306 checks.
** Dealing Turn **
MecosKing bets [$20].
benny306 raises [$40].
MecosKing raises [$40] (I reraised this mizor, partially because i didnt beleive him and partially because i thought i get there, and partially because i figured i might actually have the best hand anyway)
benny306 calls [$20].
** Dealing River **
MecosKing bets [$20]. (Oops I missed.)
benny306 folds.
MecosKing does not show cards.
MecosKing wins $193 (5 Hi WINS!!!)

Note: I was kidding about the might have the best hand part.

So uh...dont leave home without this one either.