Doesn’t matter really if we give a free card, there aren’t too many turn cards that can come where we’d want to fold. So we can avoid these negative consequences by firing a C-bet ourselves.Īssuming our hand is none vulnerable, just to give a quick example, the board texture is ace, king, two, rainbow and we have king, jack, off suit, there’s not really any real need to C-bet in that spot. Our opponent can improve to a better hand, assuming a hand is vulnerable there’ll be a number of scare cards on the turn card where our opponent can effectively bluff against us.
We should feel increased pressure to C-bet because there are a number of negative consequences associated with checking back. Okay principle number one, how vulnerable is our holding? The basic idea is if a holding is vulnerable for example it’s susceptible to being outdrawn by other cards, flush draws or straight draws, then it’s much more important that we fire a continuation bet. So if every single time we’re in a C-betting scenario we consider these four principles before we C-bet we’re much more likely to make the best decision. This is going to be a very, very simple list, there’s only going to be four things on this list.
Adam Jones: So this is what we should be focusing on basic C-betting principles.
