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Seventh Street
Case IV. You are first to act.
1. When is there an automatic check raising situation?
--> No. You have what appears to be something like an eight low and your opponent has either two or three cards to a seven. If you have a six low or a good seven, you should check-raise.
2. Can you rephrase this?
--> No. Most times when you appear to have a decent hand and your opponent has a draw to an even better hand, you should check it if your hand is very strong.
3. What else does this do for you?
--> No. It can snap off a bluff.
4. Example?
--> No. You have 9-8-5-2 showing but have made a bike, you should check to a K-Q-6-3.
5. When should you check and call?
--> No. If you do better than by checking and folding or checking and raising.
6. Can you give an example of where you should check and call?
--> No. You have a J-7-5-4 showing and your opponent has a K-6-3-2, he has been online poker betting all along, and you have a seven-five or a seven-six.
7. Why is this a correct check and call?
--> Since your seven is showing you can’t risk a raise.
8. Suppose you have the seven-five but the 7 is in the hole?
--> It may be better to come right out betting because you don’t really have to fear a raise.
9. When is this especially true?
--> If your opponent will call with an eight but not bet it.
10. When is checking and folding the best option?
--> Where your chances of winning do not warrant a call.
11. Does this come up often in razz?
--> No, because the pots get so big.
12. When can you do it?
--> Against a player who very rarely bluffs.
13. What are three factors that are most important in determining how you play your hand at the end?
- The cards that are out.
- The way the hand has been played thus far.
- His and your upcards (and their order)./li>
14. Which factor is the most important?
--> The last factor.
15. Example?
--> If you have A-2-3-4 showing and are raised on the end, you can throw away a seven-four. But if the 7 is showing, you have to pay it off since you could be raised by a 7-5-3-2-A.
16. When should you bluff on seventh poker street with a hopeless hand?
--> When you think that your chances of getting away with it are better than the odds you are getting from the pot.
17. When should you try a bluff?
--> If your hand appears good and your opponent doesn’t appear to have much.