How do you balance agression?

[Peleus]

Hi all,

Just a question in regards to betting amounts. I know general principles such as pricing out the draws etc, but how do you deal with people not calling you're monsters.

I know generally speaking, people aren't going to be calling without a hand no matter what you do, so that might be the answer to my question straight away.

I keep running into the scenario however for instance I flop top set and a dry board, and I lead into the flop as a c-bet (say 1/2 - 2/3 bet) and they fold. Now I know this vary's from hand to hand, but whats the best thing to do. On the one hand you want to get money into the pot, and I see all the time much of the advice is given as raise, or re-raise. On the other hand you want to keep the second best hands in to incorrectly chase. On the other you can also give away two many free cards and get stacked by the hitting of an unlikely two pair etc.

As always, I know the answer is 'it depends'. It depends on how vulnerable you're hand is, it depends if the villain is a call station or not.

Is it all read dependent? Do I chalk it up to oh well he didn't have a hand? Do we bet less next time or keep at it? How do you adjust to find the right max bet sizes for each player?