The aim of slow-playing is to act weaker than you are and to allow your opponent to catch up to your hand so that he or she makes a better hand, but one which is still not as good as yours. Sounds dangerous, doesn’t it?

Online poker is loose. Online poker is aggressive. Slow-playing loose aggressive players appears, on the surface, to be a worthwhile venture because of the possibility of big payouts.

Many players are influenced by the pros they see on TV slow-playing their opponents into submission. Online poker and live professional poker are a world apart and yes, it is true that many poker skills are interchangeable between both forms of the game. It is also true that poker pros know a hell of a lot more about the game and how to use strategy to overcome their opponents. A live poker game containing the world’s elite players is going to play differently to a $10 MTT online.

For the most part, slow-playing online will get you in trouble (even looking at Scratch Cards (http://www.scratchcards.me.uk) regularly should tell you this) and is not worth the hassle. Any sort of flush or straight drawing hand could be lurking out there, waiting to take down your pocket kings. So, unless you hit the nuts (and even then, some players like to bet out when a check looks suspicious) be incredibly wary of slow-playing. Don’t get greedy; take down the pot before 37off-suit can bust your rockets.