11- 9-04, LearnTexasHoldem:
What is trapping
Could you explain what exactly trapping is when betting and what one is trying to accomplish from it.
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* I raise preflop with 99.
* One other person calls me.
* The flop is 9-7-4.
* I am first to act and bet more than I normally do on the flop (maybe $95 instead of $70 for example). Suspicious bet number 1.
* The other guy calls and the turn card is an Ace.
* I hesitate and underbet the pot (maybe now only $70 instead of $150). I do this because I want the other person, whom I hope has caught their Ace, will raise me. Suspicious bet number 2.
* He does raise me. At this point I can either call him and check raise the river or I can check raise him right now.
He fell into the trap I set because I knew what he had and I made him think he knew what I had. By betting weird amounts I confused him. This example should answer the second part of your question. When you are trapping someone you are trying to get more money from them. You set them up so you can milk them for more money then you normally could by just betting the hand regularly.
Most new players consider slow playing a hand to be the crown jewel of trapping. Not so! What I consider the pinnacle of trapping is confusing a player enough on previous hands that he/she completely butchers the current hand by putting in all their chips in a bad spot. It is like a delayed trap that takes a few more hands to come to fruition. With a slow play trap, you are hoping that another person will bet and have enough of a hand to call you when you raise. In the trap I mentioned, you'll get all the person's chips and leave them wondering why they just lost everything calling with middle pair. Remember that a hand isn't in a vacuum -- it has value for future hands by shaping the opponent's perspective of your play.
Knowing how to trap takes experience. You need to be at one level above the other players. What I mean by that is that you need to know how they are viewing your play so that you can be consistent with what they expect to see from you while you are leading them astray. Sometimes you will be subtle, other times you'll be overt and yet other times you'll act exactly how the hand normally would be played (which can be very confusing against the right player). This all comes down to knowing your table image and knowing how the other players think.
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