Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Paired Low Board
Paired Low Board . Check/Call with Gutshot: ~34% equity versus your opponent’s range. (54s, 54o, 65o, 64s+) . Check/Call with Air: ~47% equity versus your opponent’s range. (A9s–AJs, A9o–AQo, KTs+, KJo, QJs) . Check/Call with small pair: ~58% equity versus your opponent’s range. (22, 44–77) . Check/Call with two pair (bottom): ~62% equity versus your opponent’s range. (A3s, A3o, 43s, K3s) . Check/Call with Over Pair (two pair): ~71% equity versus your opponent’s range. (88–JJ) . Check/Call with Trips: ~95% equity versus your opponent’s range. (A7s, A7o, 87s, 87o, 75s+, 76o, 97s, K7s, 97o) . Combined equity of all ranges: ~51% equity versus your opponent’s range. . Combined Equity of made hands: ~72% equity versus your opponent’s range.
Since your equity
Since your equity for each hand range will be much better on a low paired board, there are several profitable lines you can take. Check/calling with your air, small pairs, over pairs, trips, etc., is a viable line. You can turn some of your air range into bluffs on later streets. Leading at the pot is also a good line if you are against an opponent whom you don't think will play back at you very often. Check-raising tends to polarize your range a bit too much in spots like this, so in general it's not the best line to take unless you actually have a hand against an opponent who cannot fold.