Poker strategies: Raising (Part 2)
In my last blog post I discussed some of the reasons and situations where you can effectively use a raise in poker. These reasons are universal and can be applied whether you are playing poker online or playing poker in a casino. In my previous blog post I discussed three reasons. Below are three more reasons: To gain information. Raising in order to gain information is another tricky play and should not be done too often. You should consider any form of information that you have gained as an extra benefit of a raise that you are making for various other reasons. Some of the things that you learn when you are raising is that when your opponent calls a raise he more than likely has a good hand. If, on the other hand, he folds, then that means that he has a weak hand. An added benefit of raising in order to get information is that there are times when your opponent will fold marginal hands that he would not have folded otherwise. To drive out worse hands when your own hand may be second best. Depending on the pot size as well as how you assess your hand and the hands of your opponents. You can opt to raise with what you think is the second best hand if you can get the third, fourth, and fifth best hands out. To drive out better hands when a come hand bets. You could enjoy a position where you can raise if you think the better hands will fold rather than issue a double bet. When this happens, you become the favorite against the come hand. If the player misses, your raise has won you the pot.
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