LongshanksED
things like continuation betting too often, 1/4 or 1/3 probe bets when i hit middle or bottom pair (or lower pair than the board) rather than a pot sized bet sometimes to try and win outright
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anyone would think it is christmas lol lol
This was also an area of my game that gave me problems LongshanksED , what i changed in this part of my strategy [especially in mtts] i gave a lot more consideration to my position at the table and my actions depended on what i had flopped and also my stack size to big blinds.
Nearly everyone now is dubious about a bet on the flop from the raiser especially, and so most opponents tend to call to see if you lead out on the turn.
I have a lot of thoughts on the continuation bets and the patterns you can exploit from it [the turn continuation bet as well] but hopefully others will chip in with there thoughts on this pattern.
But back to leading out LongshanksED , what i changed in my game was if it was in the early levels and i had position eg- button i raised QJ and the sb had called me,
the flop is KJ3 and the sb checks,because the check raise bluff is so common now
in this situation because they always think the button range is so wide , i will check
also [it gives me a chance to hit 2 pair or trips or to see if a ten comes] it also helps to keep control of the pot size.A lot of Players who cont. bet there medium
strength hands tend to end up building biggish pots with not so strong holdings..
There are lots of situations where checking the flop is advantageous and seeing a turn card !!
the above scenario applys to cash games equally as well imo
this could be a good thread
i hope it does turn into a good one,there a lot of patterns and strategy"s to explore here..