partypocker – The Pros and Cons of Moving All in
Posted on April 28, 2008
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The all in bet can often be the one most feared by a poker player as it?s implications to a chipstack and and entire tournament can be huge. Unless of course you are holding the best hand possible, you will always have to think very carefully before calling such a bet, and the same goes for if you are making the bet in the first place.
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The first obvious good and bad points surrounding the all in bet are the possibilities after the hand has been decided, either you lose the maximum possible or you make the maximum possible in chips considering your opponents stack, but the strength of the bet can of course force a player to fold and the pot can be picked up there and then which is never a bad thing.
Even if you had (A,A) preflop, obviously you would prefer a call here but at least you havnt been called and outdrawn. Many players use this type of bet when bluffing because it is shows so much strength and indicates you have a hand to back it up, to the opposing player, but if you decide to risk it all in this manner you should certainly have this courage allied with some reading skills that tell you your opponent will fold.
The dangers however are that if your reading skills are not accurate, the moment you push all in, you have immediately taken all your options, and possiblities of getting out of the hand alive, away. I do think that if you feel your reads on a player are generally good then in the right circumstances, the all in bet is a good one to make because you give yourself good chances to win the pot, firstly by your opponent folding, secondly by your hand winning the pot at showdown, note that the opposing player calling the bet can only win the pot by beating your hand at a showdown.
An all in bet I feel always gains more strength if you have placed a bet on a preceding round of betting too, ths indicates to your opponent that you were very strong and wanted to build the pot a little without forcing them out of the hand, before making an all in raise on the following round of betting.
Whichever way you choose to bet during hands it is important that the aforementioned reading of your opponent is a catalyst in you making the all in bet, if you choose to make this bet randomly then of course, you might get away with it once or twice but you are leaving yourself wide open to walking into a made hand, and the moment all those chips cross the felt, there?s no turning back.
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