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REPRESENTING THE FLOP AND TURN
You're probably familiar with the term "represent the flop".
But do you understand what it means? And do you know how to represent the flop in order to win more chips correctly?
Representing the flop is a form of bluffing, where you ACT as if you have just improved your hand or made a monster that you really like a lot. You communicate this how?
By betting, of course! (betting is communicating - right?)
You must be good at representing the flop in order to grow and make money as a player. Why? Because you must constantly find ways to throw the other players off of READING YOU...and doing it early at the flop is one place to do this consistently.
The best reason to represent the flop is to "dipstick" the table and get a good reading on where you stand in the hand. You need to learn how strong and weak everyone else is at the table. You do this by sending a signal - by betting!
Whenever you check or call, you learn absolutely NOTHING about the other player's hand strength. When you check or call, you're sending a signal that you have a WEAK hand (if anyone is listening to you). If you do it a lot, you also tell everyone that you're a WEAK player...
You've got to learn to bet...and to bet the right amounts, which helps you confuse and confound the opponent into thinking you might have one thing, when you actually have another. By acting like the flop improved your hand, you are definitely going to confuse everyone.
Remember - every time you throw a bet out there, you're sending a communications signal across the table to the other players - saying you have a hand that you like a lot.
Here's an example.
You are in middle position, and you're dealt 4-7 suited of hearts. The flop comes 8h-9h-8d.
So, first let's see what you have. You have a flush draw, so you have some good outs (9 of them at this point). But, other than the flush draw, you have No Hand - you're beaten at this stage, so you could just go ahead and fold. However, we're NOT going to do that every time.
Instead, we're going to REPRESENT THE FLOP. The flop is showing a pair of eights, so what's to represent? Well, a set of 8's, of course!
So, you throw out a bet of let's say 3 times the big blind, for example if the BB is 200 you go ahead and bet 600. By making a moderately strong bet, several things happen.
Everyone with No Hand gets out of your way - quickly. The only ones remaining now are: those with truly good hands (like trip 8's) and those who are also bluffing with some outs!
Let's say that everyone folds, except the person on the dealer button, who calls your bet. Now, you can be pretty sure this person has at least a pair, so you're probably beaten. On the other hand, let's say that when you pushed that bet out there, the person with a middle pair on the button had folded instead?
Why, well because you signalled a strong hand, like triple 8's by representing the flop. Unless someone has a pretty decent hand, they'll probably get out of that pot quickly since you told them that you have a very strong hand as a result of that flop.
Now, if a player has a strong or very strong hand, they will either call you or raise your bet. At that point, you'd most likely be beaten.
Representing the flop is considered an AGGRESSIVE style of play. If you do it often, you'll get a lot of action at the table from the other players.
If you represent the flop a lot (more than half the time), then your opponents will see through it, and will give you lots of action. This can come in very handy, once you finally hit a monster hand - like a set, straight or flush.
More importantly, representing the flop (and Turn) will enable you to STEAL the POT a lot more! Whenever you bet first or raise, you are TAKING CONTROL of the ACTION at the table.
Everyone is now listening to what you have to SAY with your bets.
Stealing pots like this is incredibly important, because they do add up quickly. On the other hand, if you only go after pots when you actually have a big hand, everyone will see right through, you won't get any action (or value for your monster hands). Make sense?
The keys to representing the flop are betting the right amount (more than the minimum bet, like 2 to 3 times the blind amount).
Mix up your bet amounts, though, so you don't become repetitive and too predictable.
For example, a bet of 3 times the blind when holding an AK might seem intuitive enough, but what happens when you try to represent the flop with a 6-7 suited connector (with a straight draw or flush draw as outs)? Bet it even more! Don't let them know you have bigger cards by betting bigger!! (mix it up)
Also, don't always represent the flop. Try to do so when you have some good "outs" that can help you improve your hand so you can also win (e.g., a semi-bluff) when you get called sometimes. Since you are bluffing, if someone raises you, you're almost certainly beaten, so just muck your hand and try again later.
So, please remember to represent the flop and turn, like we've talked about. You can write me and tell me how it's going from time to time. I'd be happy to hear from you:
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