NLHTP#43 Concepts&Weapons: 49-50

[wallenborn]

Concept #49: If someone makes a big bet on the flop into multiple players, typically he will have a good, but not great hand.

A big bet in this situation says:
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] "I'm not afraid of one or two players calling."
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] "I don't want all of you to call."
[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] "I wouldn't mind winning the pot right now."



Concept #50: If someone bets on the flop and gets two or more calls, anyone who bets a significant amount on the turn should get respect.

Anyone who makes such a bet is essentially saying: "I'm prepared to play a large pot, and the threat of someone with a deep stack calling or raising doesn't worry me."

[wallenborn]

I'm not sure about #49. When i flop a great hand in a multiway pot, i sometimes bet weakly, but often i make a pot sized bet. The reasoning is that loose-passive players just like weak-tight players don't pay attention to my bet size. The former call big bets too often, the latter fold to small bets too often. If i flop a monster and bet small, i risk folding the weak-tighties anyway, and then i'm playing a small pot with a big hand. I don't want that, so rather than trying to drag everybody along, i'd rather try to make one guy pay with his entire stack. I feel i'm not the only one who does this.

[Landlord79]

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