Dry Pot?

As I understand it a dry pot is when player A goes all-in & player B & C call.
They say you shouldnt bet into a dry pot.
Is this the same as checking down to better eliminate player A?
And if you flop a monster should'nt you bet any way?

Confused in California....

I will normally not bet into a dry side pot unless I am pretty confident I have the all in player beat, but, I will occasionally bet if I have flopped at least 2 pair and I sense weakness from player C. That is just how I play it

I'll guess this is one of the last remaining poker etiquette's still standing, and it is losing it's legs. Some poor sod is down to his last chance, and there is no need to pile insult on top of his injury.

It would depend I think on the size of the pot. Is it worth betting for? There are many times I might bet into a dry pot, usually to tell the other guy I got it covered, set, flush, whatever. I more often will check a small all inner with a 3rd or 4th hand in the pot, even if I think the pot will be mine.

Then there are those pesky, neat, bounty tourneys, where when somebody goes all in, there is something more than just the pot at stake. In those cases, it can be correct to eliminate the competition.

In tourny's I would usually rather see the all in eliminated. Depending on the stakes you are playing at you have to watch out for donks who think that your checking simply means weakness... lots of players who will bet big (even go all in!) with nothing because they think your checks mean you have nothing.

I usually don't bet into a dry pot unless I'm sure I have it won.

I think one of the sweetest feelings in poker is busting the guy who went all into the dry pot thinking I had nothing (but he had nothing himself!) and I send him packing with the nuts. Happened more than a couple times .

As usual, it depends. 3 Olives gave a pretty good account of when he would check it down. I'll just add that there is a big difference between being on the bubble and being in the early stages of a mtt tournament: the elimination of a player in the latter isn't of as much concern/priority as it is in the former. In something like a sng, you probably should be looking to eliminate the player.

Also, it makes very little sense to bluff into a dry side pot. If you have a hand that needs to be protected, fine, bet and protect your hand. But bluffing in this situation is really pretty terrible.

This is a good question I have run into this alot at my local game we all play a small 2 table tournament once a week, I always look at it like the person all in gets taken out the closer I am to money the odd time I will bet if I fell I flopped the best eg. top pair Qs I dont want someon hitting a K or A on turn or river. I see it happen again and again people make a bet with a flush or a strait draw into a dry pot most times it just protects the all in's hand. I dont understand that.

I usually don'r see a problem with betting into a dry side pot if you 've made a strong hand. One of my pet peeves is seeing players make a bluff in these situations.

Recently, I watched a guy player pish all in at a dry side pot at the river, with of all things, a busted flush draw. Supposing he got the third player in the hand to fold, which he didn't, what sense would such a move make, except as a chip dump?

In the low limet games i play $2 sit and go's i never bet into a dry pot (i always called them dead pot's) but i find lots of people will and with nothing at all. Quite often these bets are overbets i have busted lots of players in this situation when ive just hit top pair. But if i was you i would just check a dead pot cos there may be someone like me who is willing to check with top pair or 2 pair and if you bet im comming over the top as the pot is no longer dead.

In low limit games...tournements that is... very few people recognize the advantage to checking down in a dry pot situation. That's my experiece anyway.

ah, the dry pot. there is usually a lot of confusion around this topic, especially with amateur and fish-type players. the reason why they say you shouldnt bet into a dry pot (unless you KNOW you have it won) is because in tournament play, it makes better odds to knock out the all-in. if you bluff or semi-bluff, you don't win anything and keep a player in the game still. so its not necessarily about betting into a dry pot so much, its bluffing or semi-bluffing it. you will be labelled as a donk lol. and i hope you get bubbled out if you bluff a dry pot!

I agree 100% with you.
I wrote a article about this not to long ago.
It is amazing how many people you see betting into a dry pot and it infurites me.
I even see it in small sngs,were there are only 4 to 5 players left.

*facepalm*

Two things:

1 - This thread is from 2007, there have been loads of other ones on the same topic since.

2 - "Always" doing anything in poker is dangerous, and this includes always checking down to eliminate a player. Remember that eliminating the player isn't always in everyone's best interests.

I do not like betting into dry pots. They can become too dangerous. You can use them to your advantage if you are absolutely positive you won the hand, but other than that, it is just not worth it.

Can someone please explain the difference between checking down and betting into a dry pot? Aren't they basically the same?