Quote Originally Posted by mixchange
Cbets

It's hard for me to believe that ppl "frequently" (I take that to mean a majority of the time) play back at you with missed overs. Also, you are not cbetting if someone else raised PF and you just called them. Itsounds like you are also talking about leading into the PFR which is good to do on flops where you have FE no matter what 2 cards you hold.

Maybe I am just picking the wrong flops, but often people at 50NL seem to assume that because I called their raise and they have AK, that I only have AQ or AJ and i'm just bluffing at say the follow flop: 8 6 2 rainbow, when I have 55. They assume I "couldn't have hit" and that they must be leading. So into the $4 pot I bet $3, and they come over the top with and $8 re-raise. I've had people force me to fold, only to show AK or showdown with someone else to show AK or AQ.

At lower stakes ppl generally don't lead strongly into the PFR with weak holdings often enough so when they do it you can usually put them on a TPTK or better hand IMO.

Right. In position obviously if someone is leading out, I'm likely to fold (because I'd have to re-raise with my PP to win this pot) . However, if they aren't leading out, I get re-raised a fair amount on my PP cbet. Maybe I cbet too much and its obvious? I cbet practically everytime when checked too and the board doesn't look scary.

Also, on flops where I don't think they hit, and I have a PP (I'm set mining). People with AK will "not believe you hit" or may just call you down hoping to hit something. It gets expensive.

How often do you call someone down if you strongly suspect AK or AQ and the AKQ didn't hit?




Sample size. Don't just stop doing it cuz you had a bad session.
I've had several bad sessions with Cbetting PPs. It's true most of the time villain misses the flop, but it's often hard to know if they hit on turn or river, and by that time it gets expensive.

While you save some AJ, AQ, AK hand histories for me (you said you would in the SC thread) do you mind showing some good Cbetting HHs for PPs? Villain calling the first bullet would be cool too.

Highly appreciate your comments martin, your advice has helped my game a lot. Finally AA and KK are huge winners for me, where before I would lose a lot of big pots and only win small ones, now I take down a lot of medium pots.