What are the biggest mistakes with the amount of the bets?

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I must admit that one of my weaknesses in poker is how I make the bets and the amount of these. On many occasions the amount makes my opponents throw their cards and in other cases I allow fishermen to see the flop and convert their possible projects. This mostly occurs to me in the initial or middle positions with a good pair such as AA KK or QQ and preflop. What are your recommendations to make the bets as successful as possible?
 
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this really is opponent dependent, watching every action from every player will eventually give you the info you need to make that right choice......... patience and observation is my best answer
 
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You need to balance your ranges. Try to mix up your bet sizings, if you bet with the nuts or if you try to semi bluff. Don't fire big amount of chips with the ultimate combination and don't try to bluff with a mere amount of chips. Practice is the key to the answer you are seeking for. Good luck!
 
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balance is key, cannot change up your bet sizing based on the strength of your hand as good players will pickup on this and exploit you.
 
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I think my biggest mistake is the more money i am playing with the more bluffing I do.
 
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Bet sizing can be difficult at times. Like you said, bet too little and too many players. Bet too much and everyone folds. It also depends how active you are. I try to min raise from early to middle position and 3-4 in late. I also add a bet for every player in the pot and the blinds
 
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Hi to me it was the same because sometimes I let them see the flop, they connected their hands and I lost with high pairs like AA KK, for that reason I stopped giving them the opportunity to see the flop and every time I get pairs like that I bet almost all my chips so if anyone looks at the flop there is no choice but to bet all in as he has committed more than 80% of his chips. I hope you serve luck on the tables.
 
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I must admit that one of my weaknesses in poker is how I make the bets and the amount of these. On many occasions the amount makes my opponents throw their cards and in other cases I allow fishermen to see the flop and convert their possible projects. This mostly occurs to me in the initial or middle positions with a good pair such as AA KK or QQ and preflop. What are your recommendations to make the bets as successful as possible?

KK, QQ, try to play the limp, the flop, the opponents will be that they are ahead of you, and a re-raise on the turn will allow you to pick a big Bank or increase it even more :) to play AA 2.5 or 4bet or simply not! sorry :(
 
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Try to remember that you are only holding at most 40% of your hand pre-flop. Large pre-flop holdings can be obliterated post flop. This is why bet sizing is so important, especially, as you go deeper in a tournament. Yes, aggressive play is generally rewarded, so raising is generally better than limping, but there are exceptions and do not get over committed to a pot pre-flop. 2.5 BB is a good rule of thumb for sub-premium pre-flop holdings, or even premium hands, if you are near the bubble. Learning to control the pot size is a bit of an art but can help you go deep in a tournament. If you are already past the bubble, and short-stacked, then you really shouldn't enter a hand unless you are willing to totally commit--Phil Helmuth, not withstanding.
 
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I must admit that one of my weaknesses in poker is how I make the bets and the amount of these. On many occasions the amount makes my opponents throw their cards and in other cases I allow fishermen to see the flop and convert their possible projects. This mostly occurs to me in the initial or middle positions with a good pair such as AA KK or QQ and preflop. What are your recommendations to make the bets as successful as possible?

Bet sizing can be a difficult decision, but one which definitely can be learnt. I would suggest to read up on some maths behind the bet sizing, because its difficult to lay out a concrete plan for all post-flop decision without having an understanding of the maths behind it.
 
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Just made one limped AA and of course got smashed.
 
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I think a clear answer will not be. I noticed playing in tournaments, to freerolls, low, medium and high stakes politics is a different game. If I advise you to play pot-raise, then effectively it will be only in freerolls and low limits in the early and middle stages of the tournament, in most cases at medium and at high stakes, you just reset or you will get a re-raise with AA, rarely all-in. This is due to the fact that to lose free membership or a small buy-in is not terrible, but in games more serious everything changes in the presence of a monster, the opponent's task is to force you to wrong action. Personally advise you is always aggressive to play your monsters from early and middle position. Can you experiment with various styles in the series of 10 tournaments, I think you will see where your policy will be most effective!)) Good luck!
 
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How to hold out in a long tournament?

I have a problem. When I play long tournaments, I can not finish playing until the final tables, even if I initially managed to earn a good pot, play at small limits, maybe I should go to higher ones, and there will be more adequate players, or there is no special difference?
 
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ecently, on one Russian-language stream I saw how a person plays absolutely wrong, incorrectly chooses the size of bets incomprehensible 3в 4b with weak aces When you just need to discard them and also very large р with pocket kings and aces I decided to write to him that these errors after some time man has me and his game has improved noticeably
 
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It depends on your opponents but you must find a balance in your bets do not bet too big to pull the worst hand but not too small tarball for cheap stop projects
 
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My biggest regret? Not going all in pre-flop with pocket aces and losing to hands like 84 suited.
 
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over betting with the nuts. Too many players get greedy and don't get paid.
 
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You should bet the highest amount possible that your opponents are likely to call when you have the best hand, and the minimum amount that would make your opponents fold when you are bluffing.
 
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Have no idea what the other player may possible hold...
 
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If after the flop you think you have the best hand but feel someone may be drawing to a flush or straight I would bet around 2/3 the pot to not give them the odds to see the next card. If you have the nuts and want a call try a less than half pot bet.
 
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