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A free card is one you don’t have to pay for. Buying a free card seems like an oxymoron. But if you’re looking for a free card, you don’t just wait for one to fall in your lap, you can try and make your opponent give one to you at Everest Poker.
There are methods of slowing down your online poker opponent. Calling, though effective, doesn’t really make you appear intimidating. A lot of people just peel off a card and then autofold if they don’t improve on the turn. They figure that if they call the player’s bet on the flop, maybe it will slow them from betting the turn.
What works better, is raising. If someone bet out on the flop, and you raise them, you appear very intimidating. Firstly, you could always win outright by raising. If they call you, then they are likely to be very cautious on the turn. If you’re looking to fill up a draw or something, raising on the flop might be a good way to guarantee seeing the turn and the river for a small price.
If you flat call on the flop then if your opponent chooses to bet the turn it will be a much bigger bet than before since the pot is bigger. You’ve also given him no reason to think his online poker hand is in jeopardy. Though you’re spending a little money up front, you’re saving yourself from having to make some big calls on later streets; essentially you’re buying a free card or two.
