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doyle11 · Straight Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 110

I play on tbls where ppl make alot of minimum bets and i find them extrmely annoying. Like bettin 30 into 600 pots. Im wanderin wats the best strategy against this. I tried callin it most of the time because im gettin the odds to but it actually hurts my stack.

Moshiach · Message Board Junkie Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 2281

Yeah i hate this when on drawing hands, you've got the decision of calling and hoping to hit, or raising and trying to take the pot there, but if they call your raise and you don't hit ya stuffed.

jpeterson007 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject:

I feel ok with that situation because it is pretty much a free card. My strategy is usually call the first one and if I don't improve just drop the hand

Zophar · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject:

If it seems like they do it regularly, and at the showdown generally flip a mid pr or fairly weak hand, I'll go over the top whether I have it or not. It really all depends on the players betting and fold to aggression habits.

Another thing I find interesting is the minimum raise. To me, a minimum raise means "please call" or "please reraise me". Then when you crack their hand, they whine that you called with THAT. Pretty funny stuff. Laughing

Jaconda78 · Message Board Junkie Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4177

I'm pretty bad about taking notes, but a min bet is something I'll take notes on religiously - what they min raise with preflop, what they min bet, etc. If I see that they always min bet a middle pocket pair on a board of high cards, I'll start raising those bets. I will also write down if they call raises - if they min bet but will call any raise with total garbage, I stop raising them. Just take notes and see what this person does that with.

SaylorMarsh · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:38 am Post subject: Re: minimum bets

bright star · Four of a Kind Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 269

We are playing online. There is always a chance that an opponent may have a connection problem, or another window popping up, and just not respond in time - so a min-bet where you would normally check will occasionally gain you a bonus accidental fold.

Jaconda78 · Message Board Junkie Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4177

Barleymalt · High Card Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

Yeah I'm with brightstar on this. If I suspect a person is multi-tabling or otherwise distracted I will make minimum bets rather than checking on the chance they will fold without realizng how cheaply they could have played.

KarlDykhuis · Flush Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 135 Location: Minnesota

I could be way off, but I've always viewed a min bet, or min raise for that matter, as it could be either a sign of a weak hand (low pair with an A or K on the board) or a monster. To me it can be tricky since I'm not the greatest player. It's just so tempting to reraise a min bet into a large pot even if you have nothing, but the fear is that the opponant will come back over the top. Min bets are one of the most frustrating things to me.

I will take the above advice on taking notes on players who consistantly min bet or min raise. Great advice right there!

iuz the old · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

I don't find min. bets to be that annoying as they don't really affect how I am going to play my hand.
I generally treat a min bet as a non bet (except when the blinds are high relative to the stacks) and will raise if I have a decent piece of the flop. If I am on any draw I will simply call , grateful for the free card. I might raise on the flop if I feel my opponent is trying to defend a drawing hand. Also I might raise my own draw in position (on the flop) if I know him to be the sort of player that makes small flop bets but big turn bets. This gives me the best chance to see the river while giving me a shot at winning the hand right there.
The issue of pre flop min raising is much trickier , here a good read is essential IMO. I am more wary of a button min raise than an utg min raise for the simple reason that premiums want heads up action and the former is much more likely to get it.

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