If the original bet was small (less than half pot say), then a minimum raise can just be a way of saying "I have top pair, was that weak bet a draw or a weak-ass top pair or second pair or a set hoping to get raised or what?" Last night I had KQ on a Kxx flop and there was a weak bet and a minimum raise in front of me, I said no way I lay down to what is effectively just a full pot bet on the flop, and the guy had KJ.
A lot of people use flop minimum raises in position as semibluffs with flush draws, and as a free card play. I still do this sometimes, though not as often as I used to. But I see it regularly.
So if I have something decent, I am rarely willing to give up to the flop minimum raise. But if they follow a flop minimum raise with a full pot bet on the turn, that's when you know you're up against a monster (or a bluffmaniac).Statistics: Posted by k3nt — Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:36 pm
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