Quote Originally Posted by Massimo
The most ideal spot to two barrel is on a low, dryish flop, when the turn card comes a high card
Okay, my logic has a problem with this. Let me explain why.

When you raise preflop, and the flop is something like 258r, and you cbet, you are repping an overpair, basically. Obviously, most of the time, you won't have one, or a set, or two pair - you might have 67, you might have A8s, but most often you'll have next to nothing.

So, when the king comes on the turn, and you bet again, what does this mean? Do you want it to mean "aha, I cbet with AK and now I am gold, here's a big bet that's 4 realz this time"; or are you trying to say "haha, you may have a whiffed AK that's now hit, but I have AA/55/88 and am gonna stack ya"?

Because: what hands that are good on the flop remain good on this turn? Only the monsters, AA and sets; all other hands that were genuine on that flop are now 2nd pair at best, and an aware opponent must be able to see that betting both flop and turn is only rarely going to be "genuine" on both streets.

(also, many people who float your c-bets will be holding exactly the kind of unpaired broadway hands that WILL hit on a high turn - suddenly you've gone from being floated to being way behind).

Anyway - I am not saying what I've written above is gospel, and it's only meant as another angle to look at the concept. What do you think, Max?