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Old 08-19-2005, 11:52 AM
mpethybridge mpethybridge is offline
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Default Re: continuation bets losing money, how do I adjust?

Go back and memorize Harrington's chapter on continuation bets. There are lots more guidelines there and in the hands at the end that you should be following. Your continuation bets are bigger than Harrington suggests, btw. Also make sure you do not make a cb at every flop with 1 or 2 players. Harrington suggests about 50% or so, as I recall. So you pick the really bad half of flops and check them, based on texture, number of opponents and type of opponents.

Continuation bets are bluffs. Your opponents know you are only gonna hit the flop about a third of the time. So if you are betting too high a percentage of flops, your opponents know you are full of it most of the time, and are just looking you up.

Also, make sure you are not continuation betting at the flops that have the highest probability of having hit your opponent(s). Again, look to Harrington for advice on this.
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