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Once you’ve built the foundation of your poker strategy before the flop, it’s time to sit back and get ready to re-evaluate your strategy. More often than not, the flop will change your game plan. Your hopes for a flush can quickly become top pair with a decent kicker. Once you see what the flop has in store, it’s time to build upon that pre-flop foundation.

Here are a few hands that you’re likely to see on the flop.

Two pair: Two pair is a good hand, but not a great one, particularly if it’s not the top two pair. It’s a hand that usually wins, but isn’t too hard to crack. If your poker online opponents aren’t showing any strength, feel free to bet and raise.

Top pair: Many pots are won with top pair, but many online poker players have lost by putting too much faith in top pair as well. If there aren’t any flush or straight possibilities on the board, you should be good enough to win the hand. The only thing you need to worry about is whether or not your kicker is good enough to beat anyone else with top pair.

Overpair: If you’ve got pocket Jacks and the flop comes out 5-2-10, you’ve got an overpair. More often than not, a hand like this is a winner, so it’s a safe bet to raise with it. >  pn
age of her bet was given back to her, but she lost what equaled a call of the previous bet.

In a recent game I was involved in, the dealer mucked a hand of a player who went all in as well. The dealer was about to award the pot to this player and then noticed someone still had cards. Two compounded mistakes happened here. Firstly, the dealer was not paying full attention. Second, the player’s cards were hidden and oftentimes throughout the hand held off the table. The game was for charity and was pretty friendly. They decided to chop the pot.

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