Spannerdeth
Rock Star
Bronze Level
I play casually with four of my friends, all getting into poker at the same time and we help each other out with emerging poker strategy, all of us learning together for a better game. We rarely gamble other than our monthly £10 tournament, but we play for fun with an imaginary bankroll to track our total ups and downs each night.
One of my friends has a habit of folding right away instead of checking post-flop."Nope!", "No way", "Get outta here!". I am always a bit perplexed as to why he would throw away equity instead of checking and seeing the rest of the community cards or how the rest of us play it out. What if everyone else has nothing? What if you hit a card where you can semi-bluff? Surely it's always worth checking instead of folding right away. It felt like bad poker or fancy-play syndrome.
When asked later why he folds instead of checking, he said it was putting up the image that he only plays with hands that he can play so he can bluff easier when he has to.
What do you think? Have you ever experienced this when you first got into poker?
One of my friends has a habit of folding right away instead of checking post-flop."Nope!", "No way", "Get outta here!". I am always a bit perplexed as to why he would throw away equity instead of checking and seeing the rest of the community cards or how the rest of us play it out. What if everyone else has nothing? What if you hit a card where you can semi-bluff? Surely it's always worth checking instead of folding right away. It felt like bad poker or fancy-play syndrome.
When asked later why he folds instead of checking, he said it was putting up the image that he only plays with hands that he can play so he can bluff easier when he has to.
What do you think? Have you ever experienced this when you first got into poker?
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