Double Barreling in Poker

[The_Times]

If you raised preflop, that should mean you have a hand. And if the coming flop has high cards though you didn't make even a pair it's good to make a continuation bet. If opponent doesn't give up it means that he obviously has something, draw or pairs. If the turn is again a high card or it doesn't close potential draw it's time to make a second barrel, imo

 

[tagece]

Double barreling it's a very effective play against loose passive players. It works well when you've been too tight in the table, after receiving a lot of bad cards. You can use the image the villains have of you.

But I think it's very dangerous against calling stations, tight players and skilled aggressive ones. The first ones will call anything. If a tight call your first bet, you must be very careful. And you are against a aggressive one, there is a good chance That the villain 3bet after the turn.
And, of course, you need to choose the correct spot.

 

[bablovod]

I use this tactic, but not often, because when bluffing or half-bluffing there is a very high probability that the opponent will receive a strong hand on the flop. in this case, answering the call on my bets, he will suck my chips. this is a dangerous situation. if I have a bluff, I can get a raise in the river and I have to fold. but if the opponent believes in the raise preflop, then there is a high probability that he will drop on the river. to use the double barrel you need to be able to read the players.

 

[mtl mile end]

Live Double Barreling can be a complicated (but fun) dance of reading your opponents' physical reactions to your actions and tendancies. It is more difficult to fully explain than this, but you understand it when you're doing it.

Online, it's easier to do, but the same constraints apply, you just have no physical information.

One thing that is mentioned briefly in the article under “Position is Key in Multi-way Pots” is "Keep in mind, however, that you may be forced to decide to fire a third barrel on the river". This is something you should definitely be doing any time you throw chips into the pot on a bluff, any position, any number of (potential) callers. Double barreling requires some chips, so make sure you have them. In order to have reached this position, you have raised Preflop and C-bet the Flop. Even if the second barrel doesn’t come until the River, you’ll have fired three or more times into this pot.

Another important point is : “Under no circumstances should you reduce the size of your bet. That screams weakness, and a double barrel requires an image of strength to be effective”. I see way too many people Double Barreling weak on the Turn (Excluding the 10% of them who aren’t actually Double Barreling and have turned the nuts).

As always: “Keys from your opponents” are everything. You can often find a save on the River if you can convince your opponent who did not believe you on the Flop, that you actually hit the River. This whole situation becomes a lot easier if you know what they have.

 

[wilywiles]

Double barreling is definitely not a common tactic of mine. Double barreling is most effective when you know your opponents. I think the consequences far outweigh the risk because if you do get it wrong, you are basically jeopardizing your tournament life on a move that could have been avoided. If you have to double barrel, I suggest that you have some information on your opponent or you are betting into a board that has turned a scare card that didnt elicit a bet from the player ahead.

 

[GRIN281289]

I try to bluff quite often this is a good action.Against the answering machine is useless to bluff.

 

[migesan]

Everything depends on me how much the opponent is strong and whether I managed to read his game during the tournament, if the opponent is weak I'm going to the end, if he follows me then he probably has good tickets, until now when I bluffed on the turn card I had a passage of 50%.

 

[Tulipaneiro]

It depends on the situation and the analysis of the opponent for me.

 

[Helloween]

Of course, this must be used. It is important to be aware of the size of these bets and whether you can risk such a large number of chips. From experience I can say that everyone constantly puts the second barrel. And most importantly, it works.

 

[demibar]

what a great article well done CC. I like that you use every possible situations and advices for making the best desicions at double barreling. Position always matters ,the profil of opponents of course and size of betting ...

 

[lilu80]

Very good article! I like playing with 2nd barrel for bluff too. Quite often I see that players trying to play 2nd barrel when pair on flop. When I see this I bluff and I play mini raise on turn vs 2nd barrel. I think that bluff mini raise on flop vs 2nd barrel when pair on flop is EV+. My mini raise in this is very very strong. Players offten fold this with top pair too. When players call my bluff mini raise on turn, I know that thair hands is very good. Sometimes I like playing 2nd barrel with pair on flop, becouse many players fold this!

 

[Ivan Zaruba]

Sometimes you have to resort to this. It all depends on the situation at the table and on the opponent.

 

[Jack Reacher]

I fire double barrel when i am faced with the calling station.

 

[shanest]

Nice read. I think on paired boards you have to employ this strategy a lot especially as people like to call on low paired boards with overcards

 

[king11682]

Double barrels work sometimes, and sometimes they don't.
This strategy is very risky
and it depends on when you use it and the cards on the table

 

[moots]

I probably should double barrel more when I play tournaments, but I don't.

I usually do it a lot when I play cash games since I feel more incentive to win every pot. Although it doesn't seem to work out for me too often. Maybe I need to work on my bet sizing on the turn.

 

[milencenov]

""The size of your double barrel bet is crucial. It has to be larger than your continuation bet, which should have been larger than your pre-flop bet.""

This is the only part in the article I do NOT agree with !


This bet sizing is very exploitable and gives a good read to your opponents that you did not hit the flop and you are trying to intimidate them with a bigger bet.


Post flop, I always try to make c-bets of the same size, regardless of my hand preflop or whether I hit the flop or not.

 

[BigGrayWolf]

Excuse me, could you give an example, what board, and what oponents ... and I think many will answer ?!

 

[albosaltenio]

It is very complicated to play the double barrel, it is imprecindible to know the opponent well and to make a good reading of the possible hand that is taking.


I usually do it and it has worked for me, but mostly when they already know me it does not work very well.

 

[BigGrayWolf]

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It is very complicated to play the double barrel, it is imprecindible to know the opponent well and to make a good reading of the possible hand that is taking.


I usually do it and it has worked for me, but mostly when they already know me it does not work very well.

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Do you put the second barrel in a bluff or semi-bluff? If it's a bluff, then in which cases do you put the third barrel?

 

[cwdignus]

very good article CC I only use this type of play if you have a good advantage in the stack of chips, in position and the opponent is weak

 

[No1eJoker]

I have never been lucky enough in it, I lost more than I got, so I try never to use double barrel, I only use cbet more often and I try to expel out the opponent, but sometimes I lose control and I use three barrels in a row, on river all in, but most commonly it ends up bad for me..

 

[albosaltenio]

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Do you put the second barrel in a bluff or semi-bluff? If it's a bluff, then in which cases do you put the third barrel?

especially when the projects are not complet

 

[BigGrayWolf]

especially when the projects are not complet

Can You give an example please?

 

[albosaltenio]

Can You give an example please?

flop

turn
river