1. C-betting can be a powerful play versus some villains and spewing against others. Thus our decision whether to C-bet or not depends on villains tendencies- not so much our own hand.

Some of my better opponents, including myself, have started to delay the aggression to later streets (turn, river). The reason for this is that C-betting is too common nowadays.

One of the more successful strategies versus frequent C-bettors is to float the flop (check-call, or call) and bet the turn (check/raise, bet/fold or reraise.) With good reads we can even postpone our lethal attack to the river, but this requires position in most cases.

Our decision on C-betting depends on villains tendencies, board texture in relation to perceived range, board texture in relation to villains range + metagame implications on future hands.

2. Betsizing is something you need to decide for yourself and integrate into your own poker system. Whatever you decide- there should be no giveaway on your hand strength. If you start betting 2X pot with sets only, only fools will pay you off and better hands stack you.

And as my friend Luco stated, we do not necessarily want to chase out draws- but we want to get paid the maximum (maximize Expected Value).

Just as important as making draws expensive for villain, is to take away his implied odds when he hits his hand. How embarrassing is it not to chase a draw with terrible odds just to see villain folding to your river bet?

Adjusting and readjusting to villains is what makes poker fun for me. But in my quest to master this game I am constantly overrating my opponents. I anticipate readjustments just to find that villain cant even remember having played against me before! The art of adjustment requires assessment of villains intellectual capacity. The smarter they are the more fun poker is! Sadly, many players nowadays are mutlitabling robots with no capacity of making readjustments- although many of them are good at adjusting.

Keep spreading dat sunshine!

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