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Old 08-14-2007, 07:16 PM
Triggerle Triggerle is offline
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Default Re: Bet Sizing: The Foundation

This is a great post!

Just to make sure unsuspecting new players don't fall into traps here: The post does not advocate putting all your money in over 3 streets with every good hand. On the contrary, by thinking this way about bets and pot sizes you could come to lots of conclusions during a hand, including checking, betting, or even folding pretty good hands.

Normally with monster hands like sets or overpairs this line will be great.

A typical counter-example would be TPTK type of hands. If your opponent is really bad and calls too much you can play your TPTK like a monster. This is because he will pay you off with second best hands. Against thinking opponents, however, your TPTK is often beat when all the money goes in so you may want to try to keep the pot small and deny him the opportunity to make the hand too expensive. If you, for example, leave out the turn bet or bet smaller on flop and turn you set up a situation where he would have to make a big overbet on the river to get it all in. If he does that you might (or not, depending on reads) get away from the hand without losing all your money. Most of the times he will not make this big bet and you have forced him to play for less than stacks.

This works both ways, too. A thinking opponent might see a pot sized turn as "worth it" when looked at in isolation with regard to his hand strength but he might fold despite this because he fears the big river bet that could follow. So depending on the tendencies of your opponent you might decide to bet again on the turn sometimes.

All these thoughts have a foundation, though, and it is the way of thinking about bet sizes and pot sizes as layed out by the OP.
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