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www.pkr.com – Strange plays, are most often made by amateur players who play hands in a way which most players would describe as wrong, I feel. Regardless of this, new players can find success when playing their hand in a strange way. The reason for this I think, is that players who are always serious about their game, will have possible conclusions mentally ready as to why an opponent has made a certain play.

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Of course this will be based on experiences of playing with skilled players, and will be skillfully narrowed down, as they extract more information from their opponent during the hand. The difficulty is, that we always base these judgements on our own skilled understandings of the game, and so sometimes we get caught out by players making plays for obscure reasons. In many ways, I feel this is why we should strive to play our hands in different ways as long as we stay close to the parameters of what is profitable.
One circumstance of a strange play working was in my local game when a player made a huge bet on a flop of (10,8,10).

He got called by a player with (K,K) who assumed no one in their right mind would bet so large if they had a 10. He did of course have the 10, and his inexperience had won him a big pot. Personally, I like to make a raise preflop sometimes with a weaker hand, or even limp in from late position with monster hands, because it always keeps opponents off balance. Strange plays that do not cost you much in chips, will often have the effect of players never feeling sure where they are when they’re involved in a hand with you, which has to be a good thing.

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