Betting a scare card

Last night I was playing in an SNG on Bodog and was quickly the chip leader. As a chip leader I like to play tight-aggressive. I know a lot of people loosen up and try to control a table, but I prefer to pick my spots carefully and win small pots and continue to slowly build my chip stack.

I got involved in a hand with 8&spades9&spades from early position and ended up missing the flop of

K♥ 3♥ 6♦

I checked and my opponent bet T$300. I was getting 3-1 on my money and decided to call, thinking that my opponent was attempting to steal and planning to check raise if a heart hit. The turn was a Q&spades - still nothing for me.

I checked, my opponent bet out T$300 again - now I was getting 5-1 on my money, and I decided that I would wait and see if a heart hit and hope to check raise.

The river was a 7[heart]. I checked, my opponent bet out T$300 and I raised to T$1200. You may be wondering why, as I didn’t have anything. But the heart was a scare card for my opponent, I had check called all the way down, something a weak player might do with a flush draw…

And my opponent folded.

It looked “obvious” that I had made a high flush and decided to make the “crazy” play of check raising the river.

Try raising when a scare card hits the board - chances are it scares your opponent as much as it scares you.

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