Continuation Bets

Is there any standard format to a continuation bet, either in terms of number of big blinds or percentage of pot size?

I found that when I was putting in continuation bets of 1.5 or 2 x BB it didn't work very well, but when I started biting the bullet and putting in a pot-size continuation bet it was much more effective.

Presumably any size of continuation bet is considered to be a c-bet by the HUD?

Any post-flop bet by you after your pre-flop raise is a c-bet, provided you are first to put in the bet.

Personally I go 2/3 to 3/4 pot. Sometimes I go as low as 1/2 pot if i hit a monster and want to entice action. But most are 2/3 pot +.

No real reason why, I just find it's an amount that works for me.

In tourneys I think 1/2 pot is fairly standard just because stacks are generally shallower. In a cash game I vary from 1/2 to full pot depending on board texture and opponent.

Another quick HUD question. When somebody steals the blinds once my HUD seems to show their steal stat as 100% during the subsequent hand, even though they may have played twenty hands previously at this particular table?

NoWuckingFurries said:

Another quick HUD question. When somebody steals the blinds once my HUD seems to show their steal stat as 100% during the subsequent hand, even though they may have played twenty hands previously at this particular table?

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Well they have to have the opportunity to steal for it to count. So if someone raises in EP/MP and they fold from the CO/BTN/SB it doesn't count as a steal opportunity.

In my opinion there really is no need to go above 60% pot-bet on an average board, however this should vary depending on the number of opponents in the hand etc.

yes, it depends of the number of the oponents, of your cards

Always try to bet not to much but also not to small amount of chips...

sorry for my english, i still learn it

A standard continuation bet for me is ~2/3 the pot, but then again my c-bets depend on if i've hit a monster hand or if i've missed completely or if i've gotten any piece of the board. If i get the monster hand its usually about 55% of the pot just so i can entice a call. Or if i've missed i may bet around 70 -75% to make the villian fold.

"It depends" lol
Firstly, it depends on what type of game you're talking about.. tourneys or cash.
If it's tourneys, there's a bunch of stuff to consider ie. board texture, mulit-way or hu pot, effective stack sizes (how much we bet on flop sets up how much we bet on turn taking into consideration of how much we & our opponent has left in stack), our image, player reads.
We're obviously going to increase the size of our cbet if we're multiway &/or are needing to protect our hand due to flop texture.
If it's just a standard cbet when we've missed the flop but we figure it's a good flop/spot to cbet on, then ~1/2 to 2/3 is 'usually' sufficient (if it's earlier levels we can tend to go more towards 2/3.. later.. 1/2 should suffice).
Most often when I see a player making POT-sized cbets as their standard bet, these are the guys I'm floating or raising as it's often complete air they're doing this with (especially when they're doing it from OOP).

I like your pot sized CB. Half or 2/3 screams I have Ace/big missed and so I'll Cbet the flop.

okeedokalee said:

I like your pot sized CB. Half or 2/3 screams I have Ace/big missed and so I'll Cbet the flop.

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You're not referring to Tournament play are you ^ ...??
(cuz if you are, you're losing a ton of value imo)

In micro cash games, I make a flop continuation bet of around 2/3 pot. If there is only one player who called my flop c-bet (and especially if he's in the blinds) I'll usually go for a 1/2 pot turn continuation bet, taking board texture into consideration. The only exception to these is if I get stuck seeing a flop with KK or AA. I then like to bet 3/4 pot to go ahead and take it down. Well, hopefully.

I sometimes C- bet and sometimes not so much. As stated, depends with he amount of players and if ihave the top pair or not. If I have TPTK (+) and the flop is not textured, I will bet 1/2 pot. If the board is textured and I have my TPTK I will bet 3/4 to pot. I want to bet to win the pot right now. I dont want them to stay in, chase me, and possibly beat me. However, if they do, I note it and becasue I now know they are chasers, I also know more times than not, I win their money.

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I sometimes C- bet and sometimes not so much. As stated, depends with he amount of players and if ihave the top pair or not. If I have TPTK (+) and the flop is not textured, I will bet 1/2 pot. If the board is textured and I have my TPTK I will bet 3/4 to pot. I want to bet to win the pot right now. I dont want them to stay in, chase me, and possibly beat me. However, if they do, I note it and becasue I now know they are chasers, I also know more times than not, I win their money.

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Actually if you're only cbetting when you have TPTK more times than not they'll win your money by stealing your pot away from you.

I prefer to c-bet on the larger side for 3 main reasons.

1 - I play micro SNG and MTT and in most raised hands I face multiple callers and a larger c-bet size helps thin the field of those players who will chase their draws if there is a caller ahead of them.

2 - Again, at the mocro's I see more fit/fold, and call off the stack with TPTK type players. If they fit, and I feel I am stronger (such as KK vs AQ on a Q high board) a larger size makes it easier to get in more money on the turn/river. If they don't they fold, and I take an easy pot.

3 - Lastly, at micro's there are more players willing to stack off with a moderately wide range. I frequently see hands like A10 off and 66 going to showdown after a 4 5 10 flop. Many players will call or shove over a large c-bet with AK on a low board, or call you with Ax where x is some raggy pair on a mid board. By c-betting large against this type of player, they may think you missed and will come over the top with A strong hands and low pp's.

I feel in tourney play one should play for stacks as often as possible. This is not to say play many big pots with alot of hands. I play very tight/positional in MTT's and slightly looser in SNG's. But when I do play a hand, I try to size my post flop bets to win the entire stack if I feel I am strong enough to do so.

Though, I must admit I tend to try it almost every hand I enter and thereofre it often blows up in my face. This is a leak for me. Not c-beting large per-se, but always c- betting on the large side. Does always leaning to the large (usually 2/3 size) make me look like I'm playing scared?