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Buying the Free Card on Fifth Street

1. Ins there a similar play to the one used on fourth street that can be used on fifth street?
Yes.

2. Explain.
If your opponent bets on fifth poker street and you have a hand that you plan to call with on both fifth and sixth streets, you might want to raise on fifth street. You would tend to do this when you are quite sure that your opponent will check to you on sixth street if you make this play.

3. When is this play especially worthwhile?
If the card you catch on sixth street scared him out (incorrectly).

4. When is this play even better?
If it is also true that the card that really does help you on sixth street does not scare him.

5. Example?
Suppose you have 7♥ T♥ T♠ 6♥ 4♥ , and your opponent bets an apparent pair of jacks. You should raise, especially if you are almost certain that your raise will get your opponent to check on sixth street. (However, if he still will bet into you on sixth poker street, you don’t really mind since your hand is almost as good as his.) Check it right back if you catch a blank. If you catch a heart, you bet, and your opponent should call (making you extra money), and if you pair the six or the four, your opponent likely will fold and you want him to. Also, bet again on sixth street if you catch an ace, a king, or a queen, and be prepared to bet on the river as a bluff.

6. Why will your opponent often fold when you pair?
He will be afraid that he is drawing dead.