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When a Full House Is a Trap
When a Full House Is a Trap
Poker rewards one skill above almost every other: knowing what your opponent's range is. If you can manage to continue updating it with every street, and every move across the hand, it can be even more rewarding.
The following hand looks like a simple "I have a big hand, go get value" spot: but it isn't. Follow the four streets and keep asking the only question that decides the outcome of the hand: what is Villain continuing with, and would that range ever pay you off?
The Hand
Walk the Streets
River Options
Three Rules to Take With You
1. Size for the range that continues, not for your hand. The turn was the clear value street; not the river.