Gradual bet on is a term used in poker – particularly Texas Holdem – for attempting to lure your competitors into creating a large bet so that you can trap them and take down a big pot.

It is usually used with a really very good pre-flop hand such as pocket Aces on Kings. As opposed to wagering large, the slow player will sit back and limp in (call or check) as if he does not have a hands worth betting, hoping that an opponent will have caught a lower pair or a straight draw and will come in with an enormous wager.

It is actually a classic poker manouever and one which has won a great deal of money for poker players down via the ages, except it has lost it’s effectiveness. The easy reason for this is that everybody is now gradual wagering their huge hands so it can be virtually expected.

So how do you use this situation to your advantage?

In case you catch a big hands, you need to arrive out betting. Instead of trying to tempt your opponents into creating a move so which you can come in more than the top, produce the bet yourself. Now most amateur players baulk at the thought of this in case the rest of the table folds and they "waste" their major hand, but in reality you might typically often have a few betting action from somebody.

By wagering your big hand as opposed to gradual wagering it, you happen to be performing a double bluff since most men and women would slow play it. Your opponents will often assume you’re bluffing and you are going to have several betting action and ultimately win far more money.

The other reason you ought to wager is that in case you don’t bet, that you are allowing your opponents a no cost look in the cards and each time a card is turned more than they could possibly be converting a losing hand to a succeeding one.

There’s only one situation where it will often pay to slow bet on your hands – when you flop an absolute monster that nearly can’t be beaten. As an example say you might be dealt Ace, Four of clubs and the flop is Queen, 10, Nine of clubs. You have just flopped the nut flush and you’re pretty much unbeatable. OK somebody could have a pair of Queens, Tens or 9s and catch a fourth on the turn or river, or they may be holding the King of clubs and catch the Jack for a straight flush, but the odds of you not winning are now remote.

This is the time to gradual play your hand. You can find all sorts of hands that any person else could possibly be holding to produce them think they’re in a beneficial position here; two other clubs, a straight draw, triples or even just a Queen for the top pair, whatever they have got the odds are any individual will believe it is worth betting. If the flop or river produces a King, Queen Jack, Ten or 9 you could possibly get a big raise and even an all-in from somebody.

Now you let them create the pot up by just calling the bets and take down the pot with your nut flush.