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Posted by: ChuckTs at February 17, 2007, 4:53 am

Topic: When to and when not to make a continuation bet Forum: Card Chat

First thing I want to say is if you haven't read HoH, do so. He's got a wicked section on c-bets which really showed me the light.

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what factors influence your decision to bet or not?

I think it's mainly:

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a) Texture of the flop
b) Number of other players in the hand
f) Looseness of other players
e) Your table image

...roughly in order of importance.

I think the first things to consider is the number of players in the hand with you and the texture of the flop. ie If you've missed the flop completely with AK on a 89T suited board and have 4 other players with you in the pot, don't even bother c-betting. A case could be made if you've got the ace of that suit, but in general that flop will hit a whole lot of hands.

If you have AK and hit the flop with 2 players seeing a KT2 flop, you've got to c-bet (to protect, for info and for alue).

I think d) is basically something that fits into a). The texture of the flop defines the strength of your hand aswell as the likelyhood of your opponents having a strong/weak hand. As for g), I don't see how it's a factor at all. The only thing that should matter in this area (# of players) is the number of players seeing a flop with you.

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As a bonus question, how do these factors influence the size of your c-bet, if at all?

For me personally, not really. Generally I keep my bets from 1/2 pot to full pot at times. Mostly around the 1/2-pot mark though. I might occasionally throw out a bigger c-bet if my opponents are the type to call down with an underpair or bottom pair just to try and convince them I've got a hand strong enough to beat either so they hopefully fold.

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