Pass-over-raise is a very powerful move in the Infinite Poker game, but many people may not really understand and use this move effectively.
As we all know, position plays an important role in this game, and if we don't have a position advantage after turning, it is difficult for us to handle the cards in our hands, so if we can know when and how to use the card-raise move, it will help us a lot in dealing with the problem.
In today's article, we will first test everyone's pass-raise ability, and then tell you when you can make a pass-raise, and how to take advantage of the pass-over call to reverse the position disadvantage.
@ Pass-Raise Ability Test @
Problem 1: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by adding to 2.5 knives, and you call with 76 in the BB bit. Flop 1095, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the cards, BTN bit bet 4.1 knives, how do you do it?
A. Call
B. Filling
Problem 2: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by raising to 2.5 knives, and you call in the BB bit. Flop Q85, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the cards, BTN place bet 4.1 knives, which hand should you use below to raise?
A、87
B、75
C、J9
Problem 3: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by raising to 2.5 knives, and you call in the BB bit. Flop QJ9, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the card, BTN place bet 4.1 knife, which hand should you use to pass the card - raise?
A、107
B、107
Question 4: When you consider using the card-raise in the BB position to bluff, which of the following cards should you use to do so?
A. Cards with showdown value
B. Cards with no showdown value
Question Five: The smaller the number of opponent c-bets, the more often you should cross the card- raise...?
A. Lower
B. Higher
Problem 6: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by raising to 2.5 knives, and you call in the BB bit. Flop 874, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the card, BTN place bet 1.8 knives, which hand should you use to pass the card - raise?
A、A6
B、Q6
Question 7: Before the flip, an opponent starts to raise in the back position, you call in the BB position, which of the following flops should you play the card - raise?
A、985
B、AKJ
Question 8: In the case of the button bit vs BB bit, if the opponent continues to fire in the roll after the flop c-bet, how should you adjust the frequency of the flop-raise?
A. Adjust to lower
B. Adjust to higher
Problem 9: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by raising to 2.5 knives, and you call in the BB bit. Flop 764, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the card, BTN place bet 3.6 knives, which hand should you use to pass the card - raise?
A、104
B、K7
C、98
Question 10: Online six-person table, blind 0.5-1 knife, effective code size 100 knives. Flip the front BTN bit to start by adding to 2.5 knives, and you call with A8 in the BB bit. Flop J64, pot 5.5 knives, you pass the cards, BTN place bet 3.6 knives, what do you do?
A. Call
B. Filling
@ Question Answers @
Problem one: B (raise), even if you encounter the head card of the button position range, that is, the TT (dark three) hand, the winning rate of the cards in your hand is as high as 33.4%, since the win rate is so high, the best thing to do is naturally to put more money into the pot, and this is what you will do when you hold the nut card, which will bring you more benefits in the long run. Another advantage of the raise is the ability to force away some cards, forcing the opponent to give up the rights of those cards in the flop, or the rights that they may appear on the back two streets.
Question two: C (J9s), this hand is suitable for use over-the-punch for three reasons: the push button bit gives up the interest of certain cards in the range in the pot; it has no showdown value itself; it has the potential to develop into a nut, or it can develop into multiple listening cards in the transfer to provide conditions for continued firing.
If you use 87 or 75 to do cards - raise, neither to achieve the purpose of playing value, nor can it effectively prevent the opponent from realizing its rights in the pot, so there is no reason to use them to make a large pot; these cards are more suitable for catching bluff in the small and medium pots.
Question three: B (107), although both hands can be used to raise in some situation, 107 will be a better choice, it has 9 more cards than 107, these cards can help it develop into a double listening card, which will have more betting value.
Question 4: B (No Showdown Value Card), in general, your hole cards should not be used to bluff if there is a chance of winning the showdown, because if you use these cards to bluff, the fold proceeds played are not enough to make up for the gains they get in the showdown.
Question five: B (higher frequency), from the perspective of balance, the bet amount and the frequency of the bet is actually an inverse relationship, because the larger the bet, the more polarized the range, if you encounter a bipolar range, then there is no need to raise, on the one hand, if he is holding a bluff card, you will want him to continue, and the bet will only scare him away, on the other hand, if he is holding a value card, you can control the loss to the minimum without raising.
Question Six: B (Q6), this hand would be more suitable for pass-over-raise for three reasons: almost no showdown value; potential to be promoted to nut cards; and the opportunity to develop into a double listener in the transfer.
Although A6 also has certain qualifications for passing cards - raising, it is more suitable for passing cards - calling, after all, if the transfer of the river card is both over the cards, then Ax still has some showdown value.
Question seven: A (985), compared to the opponent, in the 9-8-5 deck, you will have more nut cards in your range, and if it is a card face like A-K-J, your range will lose this nut card advantage, so you don't have so many cards in the A-K-J card face to play value, because there are correspondingly fewer cards that can be used to bluff.
Question Eight: A (lower frequency).
Question Nine: C (98), it is better to make a card with 98 - it is better to raise a bluff because it does not have any showdown value, secondly it can be upgraded to a super listening card in the transfer, and third it has a chance to develop into a nut card.
T4s and K7s themselves will have a higher showdown value than 98o, so it will be more suitable for calling, in general, when we bluff, we should choose those cards that have little showdown value but have the potential to develop into nuts or near nuts.
Question 10: A (call), although the raise is also a good option, but the A8 hand not only has a chance to hit the top pair, but also has a chance to hit the nut flower, once these cards are won, they can beat the Jx, 6x or even 4x in the button range.
In addition, if you bluff with this hand, your bluffing frequency may be too frequent, and your opponent will be able to exploit it by increasing the 3-bet bet range.
If you don't answer 8 questions correctly in the above test, it means that you have to practice the technique of passing the card-filling.
As you should know, every action we make in an infinite poker game actually needs to be for a reason (or multiple reasons), and the pass-raise action is no exception, so we must have a reason to support this move after the flop, and here are the three most common reasons:
@ Reason One: For a show of card power @
In addition to the full drop, the pass-and-raise is probably the most obvious way we show the power of the cards in the infinite poker game.
However, novice players sometimes do not understand how powerful the card-raise move really is, for example, they use a small pocket to raise the player in the back of the call in the blind position, and make a big pass-raise after the flop is taken to the bottom three, just to make the opponent fold the cards and get a small pot. These novices don't realize that the punch-raise is so powerful that it can often force away weaker or medium-strength cards in the opponent's range.
Because passing-over-the-top usually means a strong hand, you have to figure out why you want to show that you have a strong card. For most players without a position, the display of card power is either to make the opponent fold or to slow down the pace after gaining the initiative after the flip.
When do we usually want to make an opponent fold? The answer is when you have weak cards. At this time, the pass-and-raise is to bluff (disguise the power of the card you don't have). Or when you have a strong but fragile card, you're not bluffing, but playing a flop or a rollover – raising a hole to protect your hole. If we are called after a flop-raise, then counteracting in a seemingly safe draw will make it difficult for the opponent (even a master) to call with the average force, because he knows that you will most likely still be betting on the river.
In a multiplayer pot, the pass-over-raise also has a "clearing" function, which either wins the pot immediately or forces the majority to win a heads-up situation. Even if you're holding the second largest card (which has the chance to be promoted to stronger power) or the strong listening card, the result is ideal.
Suppose you've played a card with a flush in a flop - raise, and one person is calling. If you win the flush, your strength may also be well camouflaged, because the opponent may think that you have crossed the card - the bet is to protect the card. If the transfer is a discarded card, you can either counteract the bet to make a semi-bluff, or you can choose a card, and after you pass the card, the opponent is likely to follow the card because you are afraid that you will also cross the card - raise the card.
@ Reason Two: For the sake of bluffing @
In addition to showing the strength of the cards, another essential reason for passing the card-raise is deception.
Why? Think about it, because instead of opting for a straightforward counter-active bet, you're using a step-by-step routine that gives your opponent the illusion of being led into a trap, after all, his bet is not his expected fold or call, but a pass-over-raise, which at first glance looks like a trap.
In fact, in the early days of poker development, the practice of passing cards and placing will be felt to be somewhat broken table etiquette, and in some poker rooms or casinos, card-raise is even prohibited, when this practice gradually became popular, Paragon also added a provision to its poker room convention, specifically stating that the practice of card-raising is allowed in their poker rooms.
Even now, if you're playing in a private game full of entertaining players, they still have an opinion on passing the card-raise, and some players may even feel that someone has crossed the card-raise him, which is an offense to him, because they don't like the feeling of being fooled or deceived.
But the purpose of the card-raise is often a deception.
Players who choose to cross-raise must keep this in mind, do not use the pass-raise as a kind of improvised bluffing, it should be part of a careful scare plan, which even includes how to manipulate the opponent's bet, so as to make themselves better at doing the card-raise bluff.
Players who have the ability to use the pass-raise move usually give the impression that each hand will think a step ahead of time, while those who succeed in passing the card-raise bluff are generally people whose actions will be respected.
Of course, you can't fool just to bluff or to make your opponent think you're playing very well. Our bluffing should be carried out in the right conditions in a specific hand, or to establish an image for later games.
@ Reason Three: Get a big pot @
The third reason to pass a card - raise is to build a larger pot when a strong card is drawn, but this requires the current conditions to be suitable, including:
□ You have strong cards
□ You believe your cards are stronger than your opponents
□ You believe that your opponent will place a bet after you cross the card
In Reason One, we improved the situation of the small pocket against the dark three, if the blind player uses 44 to raise the opening of the flop after the flop and has three 4s in the flop, then he does a big pass - raise may scare the opponent away, but in the face of some passive or do not like to fold the "sticky pool" opponent, do a smaller pass - raise may be the best way to start to build the pot, so that the opponent is willing to pay a big bet.
The use of the card-to-stake approach to the big pot is usually related to the structure of the flop, but also to whether the opponent has hit the point, because the opponent has also won the card, and he is willing to continue.
If you hold 44 and the flop is 842, this kind of flop is basically irrelevant to the opponent's opening range in the back position, then the pass-raise will only allow you to win a small c-bet; but if the flop is AK4, if you have three 4s in this case, the opponent is likely to hold a large pair or listen to the cards, then even if you have chosen the card - raise, he is still willing to stay in the pot.
@ Conclusion @
Pass-over-raise is a more special move, you need to play more focused when choosing to do this, and you have to plan more thoroughly when you use it, so when you make a pass-raise, you must find a good reason for yourself, and you must be clear about what your reason is doing it.
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