SNG - flop 2 pair on dry board - slowplay?

[DrSparky]

Hi All,

In a SNG, if you were to flop top two pair in on a very dry board and you`re first to act (No pre-flop raisers, 2-4 hands in total).
Would you slowplay?

 

[Aleksei]

Slowplaying monster hands runs into balance issues unless you habitually run small-ball bluffs. You never wanna be playing value bets any different than you do bluffs.

Fortunately I'm a big fan of small-ball play, so yeah, I could slowplay a monster.

 

[snklzona]

IMO slow playing anything just gets me into trouble...I would rather take a smaller pot down than lose a larger 1...and with two cards left even the dryest of boards can recieve a torential down pour...thats my .02cents (probably less)

 

[kaptec]

The problem with slow playing is that sometimes you have to fold on the river if you think your slow playing line has allowed your opponent to improve to beat you. Most players do not have the post flop skills to make these lay downs. Sometimes the pot size dictates a call in these spots. In an unraised pot, slow playing hands such as 2 pair (relativly strong value) becomes counter intuitive. You want more chips in the pot, so that you can win them. Since the pot is so small, due to it being unraised, slow rollling will only get minimal value from worste hands, while allowing your opponent to catch up and beat you for cheap by the river.