Are You a Pot Better?

[Vito_Nuccio]

Post flop play.

Does the amount of the pot influence your bet? I find post flop if I am going to bet, it is usually around the size of the pot. Sometimes a little higher or lower, but most of the time I find I want to bet something around the size of the pot. I very rarely will bet the minimum, if I bet. If I have a monster and I want to milk the cow, well that is different, but even with top pair, good kicker, no flush or straight draw, my bet will be about pot value.

Example: Pot is 1200, I want to bet, good hand or bluff, I would never bet 1-200. The bet would be probably in the range of 800-1600 (If my stack can take the hit, if short, well then shove all in)

It is hard for me to quantify the percentages of times I bet the pot, but I would guess it in the 80-90% range.

Thanks,

[liladypokerpro]

I sometimes like to use the full pot bet if I find myself faced with a stubborn calling station. Most often times it will shake them of their habit, but I try to use it primarily on the turn so as not to give them the chance to catch whatever it is they are waiting for on the river.

[frob23]

In tournaments and sit and gos, I am usually betting 1/2 of the pot... sometimes straying towards the full pot and rarely going under 1/2. In general, I find that if they're going to fold... they will fold to 1/2pot nearly as often as full-pot. This bet may not be optimum for value but it's near optimum for continuation betting... which I will be doing often when I miss. So the fact that it becomes a fairly routine amount helps to disguise when I have a real hand and when I am trying to just pick up the pot.

On the turn, I might bet a little higher... if I have a real hand and need to get someone out of the pot right there because too many river cards would be scary.

[Vito_Nuccio]

Originally Posted by frob23 In tournaments and sit and gos ... I find that if they're going to fold... they will fold to 1/2pot nearly as often as full-pot.

Interesting, I have found myself betting a little more of that lately, but I would say it is closer to the 75% of pot value. You save a few chips, have an easier fold option with less investment and may still take it down right there. Maybe my pot percentage numbers are a little high from earlier, but I probably still tend to base most of my bets on the pot size.

Thanks,