In today’s article, we’ll talk about how you should make it a point to check-raise with your best made hands and draws.
You want to play big pots with your best hands – that’s pretty self-explanatory. However, if you only raise with your strongest holdings, you become easy to play against.
So, instead, you want to utilize what’s known as a polarized range, consisting of your best hands that you’re happy to get all your chips in the middle with, and a variety of straight and flush draws, depending on the stack depth.
There are two specific scenarios where you should be generally more inclined to check-raise:
- When the flop is excellent for your range (i.