Losing money with continuation bets

[mitchy boi]

Its all about balance, if you legit C bet every hand of course your going to be torching cash after your opponents adjust. Try doing it more so when your head up with some kind of equity or against a total fish there are plenty of videos you can look into for more infomation

 

[AlbieTross]

That's why I try not to go too crazy with continuation bets because the damage can be catastrophic.

 

[Eric Salvador]

If your losing too much on CB then your opponents are playing extremely wide and managing to outflop you time and time again or they're aware that you're CB to frequent and when you do a simple RR or call and turn bet will allow you to surrender your hand. Build a table image to be indifferent to betting patterns your opponents can pick up on. Float some hands, bet some draws, 3bet preflop. Keep switching things up to confuse the villian. Position could have a lot to do with it. If your CB are coming when you out of position try check-calling or check-raising more often then you CB

 

[darpblog]

Well you can check for that in your tracker software. If you are having a leak (over a big sample) could be that you are c-betting too much. Never go in autopilot, consider each instance and all the factors.(board, viallin tendencies). If you are c-betting around 60-70% of the time you should be fine.

 

[bbennie1]

I think you should look into expected value and implied odds. In short it helps you predict how much money you will win or loose in a certain situation. These things helped me with my post-flop plays. Read both articles and it will make you understand why you lost some money there. That's what it did for me as well. Best of luck.

 

[bekel285]

I cbet a fair amount but u have to adapt your play to your opponents if they're calling or reraiseing all the time.

 

[blueskies]

Yeah really need to think, analyze and play each hand rather than be on autopilot and cbet just to cbet. Try to avoid "always" or "never" when playing. Mix things up.

Of course, at micro levels it's best to not overbluff or just spew chips cuz you are probably giving villain too much credit. Don't try to outplay ppl at micro levels.

I've been guilty of that. I assume villains are observing and thinking. I end up outplaying myself.

 

[vax1op369]

Yeah really need to think, analyze and play each hand rather than be on autopilot and cbet just to cbet. Try to avoid "always" or "never" when playing. Mix things up.

Of course, at micro levels it's best to not overbluff or just spew chips cuz you are probably giving villain too much credit. Don't try to outplay ppl at micro levels.

I've been guilty of that. I assume villains are observing and thinking. I end up outplaying myself.

I play slot of nl100. I am convinced it’s a waste of Time bluffing anymore. Also if pot is limped by two people and I raise to 7 both players usually call. How much do you raise when pot is limped?

 

[JBGoode]

Literally until last night I had a problem with losing money on CBets. Then I switched my game up a little. I put together a system for myself that dictates if I CBet or not. Suprisingly my CBet % only dropped about 10%, but they seemed to be sticking as long as I stuck to my system. There is more to it, but basically, your only CBeting Out of Possition with Top Pair+, 2 Over cards to the board, and Strong draws. In Possition you just add Mid draws (Gut shots, and backdoor nut flush draws to the list). Now of course the more players in the pot, means you need more outs to CBet obviously. That's where the skill comes in.

I also noticed that if you CBet with made hands early, and they make it to show down, it allows you to CBet more later. So starting today I'm gonna always bet for value until I showdown a flopped made hand. Then this will allow me to play a little more loose, and pick up dry pots.

 

[AKQ]

Cbetting is dandy but cbetting out of position ehhh not so much. Try avoiding the situation before it arises
if youre not comfortable having players act behind you

 

[Marcus_Trivinho]

Do you ever feel that your losing money in a session based upon continuing bets alone? Would it be bad continuation bets? Any thoughts in general? Thanks

The C-bets are important to know for an analysis of the adversary, but always important to establish some limetes and control the size of the pot, because if losing control can end up affecting your stak

 

[EL1t1]

you generally should Cbet, unless the board is way way better for ur opponent and even then u can mix some cbets but generally u would wanna check, also on some boards you can cbet super small coz theres no reason to go big, u protect ur range and fold out hands that cant really continue but have equity against you so essentially they are making a mistake, for example you raise utg and you have kq, big blind calls, board comes A22, you can cbet 20% pot here comfortably for protection and to fold his equity out, no reason to go big, going big in spots like that can cost you money ine long run, and cbetting unfavorable boards like if you raise utg and button and bb call, u have AA, board comes 8910 with an FD, you can check this and play it as a bluff catcher/check call and evaluate depending on action and further streets, if you check, button bets, bb raises, you got an easy fold, if it checks around and turn isnt a really bad card like 7 or J in this case, you can delay cbet to protect or check call, just some examples im not sure how experienced u are so just trying to help gl

 

[Pickat]

It's ok to check after a preflop raise but you need to always mix up your play so you aren't predictable . Check on occasion when you hit the flop if your cbets are getting reraised . Gotta keep them guessing . One strong 3-bet will go a long way in keeping them from reraising your c-bets .