The Turn and the River

Usually no tough choices have to be made at Turn and River. But often the most expansive.
Imagine you've already paid chips into to pot and just don't want to simply fold. Hence any mistake, any unessential bet or raise can become really pricey. At Turn, and even more at River, the number of possible hands your opponents could hold have increased tremendously.

That's why you should recall the betting behaviour of your remaining opponents right from the beginning and limit down your opponents to a few possible hands. Remarkable changes in their behaviour should be especially considered. A player for instance who was calm at Flop and now bets wildly at the Turn, reveals something and can be expected to have something really good.

At the Turn, players do less bluffing then at the Flop, though they tend to tricks more. Much more often the actual strength of the hands get played. Incomplete hands like Flush Draws have to be estimated once again since there's only one more card to be revealed.

Strong hands like top pair should be played with pressure furthermore, but always with care what's on the board and what another player might have. Any re-raise of an opponent should be taken seriously and in case of doubt even a strong hand should be folded. Yet the more experience a player gathers, the more sensitive he gets for the chances a hand stands as well as the risks to be outsmarted by an opponent.

At the River there's finally just two options remaining: You have the strongest hand or you don't. The hands are complete. Now it's all about winning the pot or ruefully admit you're the underdog. Most of the time it's just two or three players duelling for the pot. Yet all these players kept on playing until the River for a reason!

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