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In Position, Passive Bettor, Strong
Hand
Okay, this time you’re in position on the
river but now your opponent is a passive
bettor.
Before we move on, what does a
passive bettor mean? A passive bettor is
a player who is straightforward, non-
creative and most importantly consistent.
If you make a little effort, then you’ll be
able to manipulate his moves quite
easily and read them in advance.
For instance, imagine a situation where
you as well as your opponent hold a

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strong hand. The player decides to bet
into you. At once, you know that he’s got
a strong hand because otherwise he
wouldn’t have bet. Thus, you can easily
put him on the highest point of his range.
An aggressive player might be value
betting at this stage however a passive
bettor doesn’t do that. He would be
thinking that he has won the game and by
leading out he leaves no doubt in his
confidence. Now, before you start
throwing raises, you need to be damn
sure that his confidence is fake. You’ll
most probably call and see whether he
was right or not.
You’re holding a king-high flush. You
make your hand on the turn and when

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your opponent bets into you, you call. He
bets again on the river. You have 2
nd
nuts
however if you look closely at your
opponent, his character is such that
calling will be the right thing to do.
Maybe he holds the nuts or maybe he
doesn’t know how to judge people
correctly. You can’t really say anything
unless & until there’s a showdown. If
you were up against an aggressive
opponent then re-raising would’ve been
the best thing to d0. But in this case
calling is the better thing to do. At a
flushing board, your opponent is more
likely to beat you when he makes the
second bet but he’s also much less likely
to call your raises with cards that you’ve

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beaten, i.e. low flushes.
A number of players make such raises
when playing on the river and it isn’t
until they get called that they understand
that they’ve been bluffing not raising.
Assume now that you’re holding a
slightly worse hand like jack-high flush.
The other player bets into you. Players
who raise in this condition think that
they’re raising for a value, trying to win
chips from the other player. These
players keep themselves confined to
their in-house misconception until they
realize they’ve been making mistakes all
along. Actually, your raises were nothing
but bluffs. Therefore, you must be well
aware of your raise’s value before it’s

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too late and you get called.