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I don't want to seem overly critical, but I think I lost the point of this article. Sure I enjoyed the example, but appeared to be waiting for you to make a point that you never made.
The AhKh guy doesn't do any of the bet sizing himself, apart from the standard opening raise and his shove, the opponent controlled the betting.
The KK guy sized his bets to get it all in from a strong but inferior hand sure, but he didnt ever put his opponent in a very difficult situation either.
So where has the art of bet sizing come in? What are your thoughts on bet sizing for different purposes. When you want to control the pot how do you size your bets? When you want to play for stacks how do you do it? How do you know the difference? When do we start thinking about bet sizing? Before the pf raise? When 3 betting? on the flop?
All you seem to say is that sizing your bets properly "can force your opponents into very difficult situations." But how does the example show this? What is sizing your bets properly?
Now I'm not flaming you, I think there is potential for a great article here and with a little more work it may be a very interesting/illuminating read.
I asked a lot of questions just now and I by no means think that you need to write an article that answers them all. But it should at least address and work on one or two. If your plan was simply to introduce the concept of bet sizing, then I think you need to choose examples that really excentuate the affects of different sized bets on each street. Much like Sklansky does in NLHET&P when discussing raising more preflop with big pot hands such as low pocket pairs.
I hope you see my point.
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