BET as big as possible if VALUE
BET as small as possible if BLUFF
Playing with the Lead
BETTING:
Will better hands fold?
Will worse hands call?
In general, we Hit the flop only 1/3
C-bet ½ pot: win 1/3 to breakeven
C-bet 3/4 pot: win 1/2.3 to breakeven
C-bet 1 pot: win 1/2 to breakeven
Bet: (they check before us)
- When pot equity or fold equity is high
- Assume: when they call, they have middling cards or small pairs
- Opponent’s holding more important than our cards
- Fold equity first determinant of our action
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- C-Bet on dry board because fewer draws for opponent and thus less likely to call
- A pair on the board is also considered dry board (also 26Ts)
- Unconnected board, they check-raise us, they most likely have us beat (if we don’t have
nuttish hands)
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- Don’t C-bet on wet boards (if going to be in tough spot when check raised)
- 67s on AKQ board, C-bet, because we have range advantage, Fit or Fold
- Wet board, they check-raise, it does not mean they have us beat
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- If opponent always folds, we always bet, high fold equity
- If opponent never folds, we only bet for value
- If opponent always calls, we might want to bet full pot with value, half pot with bluff
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- More than 2 players, don’t C-bet as bluff, more players less likely you should bluff
- Don’t C-bet if going to be in tough spot when check raised to
- Middle pair good kicker, top pair no kicker, check behind to control size of pot
Checking behind: (middling hands)
- Opponent must act before us again on the turn
- If they check 2nd time, we can be sure they’re weak and we can fire a delayed C-bet
- Opponent might bluff thinking our check on the flop meant we had nothing, we can then call
turn and river because the pot didn’t get too big
Playing without the Lead (we act first)
- Fit or fold
- Dry board:
o check expecting him to bet then we raise
o Weak players: we only check-raise our strong hands like top pair top kicker or better
because they will call with worse
o Weak players: with draws, we should check-call because we don’t expect them to
fold
o Strong players: check-raise when you have good equity 2 pair or better or a draw,
check-raising with made hands and draws for balance
- Wet boards:
o Bet out or get out: if flop a draw, or top pair or big hand, we want to lead out, if we
check to pre-flop raiser, he’ll check behind for fear of being check-raised. With
strong hands, we must build the pot. With draw, we want to build pot and deceive
opponents
o On scary boards, opponents usually don’t have enough to continue, leading out can
win a lot of small pots with little risk
Unraised pot:
- Try to end the pot early
- Bet out if you hit strong, don’t go broke without the nuts
- If getting action in unraised pot, probably has us beat
- Don’t draw to weak draws
- In unraised pot, you won’t be only person drawing
Out of position
default should be to check
Good draws are played aggressively
Pair plus draw type hands played passively
If drawing hands, connected flop, but we won’t have the nuts, we should check-call
Play medium-sized pot
Does C-betting only allow stronger hands than ours to continue?
On connected flop, if we C-bet, opponent calls, they are not likely to fold if we brick the turn
And continue to barrel, even if we improve and barrel, we probably will not get paid off
If he raises, we are in not great shape (make sure our hand is strong enough)
Pair plus type draw hands are less vulnerable
Pair plus type draw hands make the best bluffcatchers
One-pair hands aren’t typically strong enough to check-raise but we’d rarely want to check-fold
CHECK-CALL: when our draws are STRONG but not STRONGEST
On somewhat connected flop, if we have top pair AND draw, we want weaker hands to
continue, so check-call
Weaker draw, still check-call
CBET: when we are somewhat weak/vulnerable, NO DRAW
Somewhat connected flop, we only have top pair, and no draws, we want to CBET
If we have AA, board is somewhat connected, we have weak draw, better to CBET (close
enough to check-raise)
Second pair, A kicker, still CBET
CHECK-RAISE: when strong or strong backdoor draws
Check-raise, opponents more prone to mistakes
Check-raise strong hands or strong suited connectors (A-5 suited)
Low boards and low and dry boards, most players will bet them when checked into and
over-fold when facing check-raise
Unconnected boards, even though unlikely draw, with suited connectors check-raise to
balance our check-raise range (T9d board: 8d25h)
CHECK-FOLD:
when too weak
Shaping a range:
- 3 main groups
- A high, pair, 2-pair or better
Post flop tricks
1. Raise pairs on the turn, to get money from weak leads (dry board)
2. Overbet into turn when he checks, when we are in position, if opponent quickly calls our flop
bet (i.e. when opponent caps his range) (75s4cQh 89h)
3. Lead the river for value vs opponents who are trying to buy the showdown
4. Checkraise A-high boards with the best kickers (As2c2h AhQc)
5. Bet bigger on A-high boards when you have the A (A2h3c AQs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciESXE6_yUw&t=1482s
5 Postflop Tricks to EXPLOIT Your Opponents! - Featuring Alex "Assassinato"
Fitzgerald
