The purpose of the passive slow play is to tempt rivals into a pot who might fold to a raise, or to reason them to bet more powerfully than they would if the player had played forcefully (bet or raised) even in daily poker tournaments. Slow playing gives up defense versus hands that may recover and risks losing the pot-building worth of a bet if the challenger as well checks.    

Circumstances for profitable slow plays in live poker tournaments:       

* A player should contain a very strong hand.     

* The free card or cheap card the player is permitting to his challengers should have best possibilities of creating them a second top hand.     

* That similar free card should have little possibility of providing a challenger a better hand or yet providing them a draw to a better hand on the next round with enough pot odds to defend a call.     

* The player should consider that he will push out challengers by showing aggression, but can succeed a big pot if the challengers wait in the pot.     

* The pot should not yet be very big.