In Response to Re: did i play this hand well? : So you never bet/raise draws when another player is likely to have a made hand and is calling? So you never continuation bet flops without knowing where you are? So you never make blocker bets to showdown cheap when you think you may be beat? Posted by calcalfold
Why would we bet a draw if we think we're probably going to be called by a made hand? The only circumstance in which we should bet a draw expecting to be called by a made hand is when we believe our draw is favourite and, therefore, the best hand. We bet draws to semi-bluff, so why would we bet if we can't get folds?
Continuation betting isn't about knowing where we are. It's about making "X hands" in opponent's range fold or "Y hands" in opponent's range call.
Blocker bets just make no sense. We're betting when we think we're beat? Value bet or bluff, which does a blocker bet achieve? If we think more hands in our opponent's range that call us are hands we beat, then we're value betting. If we think we can get better hands than ours to fold, then we're bluffing.
A blocker bet doesn't get maximum value from hands we beat and is unlikely to be big enough to make better hands fold.
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Continuation betting isn't about knowing where we are. It's about making "X hands" in opponent's range fold or "Y hands" in opponent's range call.
Blocker bets just make no sense. We're betting when we think we're beat? Value bet or bluff, which does a blocker bet achieve? If we think more hands in our opponent's range that call us are hands we beat, then we're value betting. If we think we can get better hands than ours to fold, then we're bluffing.
A blocker bet doesn't get maximum value from hands we beat and is unlikely to be big enough to make better hands fold.
CCF - see above.