[FTR Quick Tip 013] Bet Sizing

This is something I know about, yet don't implement it anywhere near as much as I should. So many times I just bet the exact same when I am bluffing, when I have a strong hand, against a fish, against a reg etc etc.

Question: In the first example, would we not want to bet bigger to protect our hand from being outdrawn? A set isn't exactly invincible on that board and we are also OOP. I think I would usually bet between $3.25-$3.50 here

If that's way off, can someone explain why please?

Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

This is something I know about, yet don't implement it anywhere near as much as I should. So many times I just bet the exact same when I am bluffing, when I have a strong hand, against a fish, against a reg etc etc.

Question: In the first example, would we not want to bet bigger to protect our hand from being outdrawn? A set isn't exactly invincible on that board and we are also OOP. I think I would usually bet between $3.25-$3.50 here

If that's way off, can someone explain why please?

When I watched the vid, my first instinct on bet sizing was $1.75-$2.25.

You can't always be afraid of being drawn out, or "making his draws pay". Look at it this way, if he has a FD, he's probably gonna call down or jam or do something silly anyhow, so if we're gonna lose to a flush we'll probably lose to a flush either way. But betting this way lets him spazz jam JTo, 9T, 8x, low pairs - hands that would have folded had we bet bigger.

Betting big here, with his stack, to make his flush draws pay, is like saying we should bet big to make his A8 pay so he can't spike his Ace. A8 will call/get in regardless of what sizing we use, and so will FD's, so we have to choose a sizing that maximizes the money we make from worse hands.

Originally Posted by griffey24

When I watched the vid, my first instinct on bet sizing was $1.75-$2.25.

You can't always be afraid of being drawn out, or "making his draws pay". Look at it this way, if he has a FD, he's probably gonna call down or jam or do something silly anyhow, so if we're gonna lose to a flush we'll probably lose to a flush either way. But betting this way lets him spazz jam JTo, 9T, 8x, low pairs - hands that would have folded had we bet bigger.

Betting big here, with his stack, to make his flush draws pay, is like saying we should bet big to make his A8 pay so he can't spike his Ace. A8 will call/get in regardless of what sizing we use, and so will FD's, so we have to choose a sizing that maximizes the money we make from worse hands.

Your avatar is terribly distracting lol.

Originally Posted by Nostalgia

Your avatar is terribly distracting lol.

You don't get out much.

Originally Posted by Nostalgia

Your avatar is terribly distracting lol.

Haha that's funny, cause my avtar is from ages ago. I don't even have avtars on anymore, cause I browse at work, so I don't even remember what she looks like