When are you supposed to c-bet? I just don't know when to c-bet and when not to, are there any videos on this? Currently I'm c-betting 100% of the time (playing micro stakes if that makes a differece).
Good videos for this would be PrimordialAA's HUSNG From Scratch series, MJW006 new series called "Beating the Midstakes", and Skates board texture video. At your stakes it's not going to be good to c-bet 100% because your going to get called light so often. Pay attention to board texture. C-bet dry flops like K72 rainbow (flops that are not coordinated with flush and straight draws) when you completely miss because there there are less hand he can call with on that flop. Don't C-bet wet flops like 456 or 8JQ with a flush draw..basically the more drawy the flop the less you should cbet when you miss. Now obviously when you hit your hand on the flop you can cbet any board and theres no need to get tricky for the stakes you play. Your opponents at those stakes will not even pay attention enough to pick up on any patterns and exploit you..so just keep things simple, pay attention to board texture and you should be fine. Go ahead and watch those videos and it should help a lot, Good luck.
Yes, those are great videos. Add to this Cog Dissonance 41, Postflop play (adjusting your cbetting according to opponent types). Note that this video has a HUGE amount of information in it, and you will need to watch it more than once and/or pause it and take detailed notes. You will never remember everything in this video without notes!Fydor 2, "Mid Stakes vs. Winning Players" has some decent cbet situations and a great discussion about delayed cbetting starting shortly after 15:00 and running through 27:00 or so. You can safely skip the rest of that video, because it's pretty low content otherwise. Fydor's discussions are always very clear and thorough on a basic level.I would recommend watching in this order:1. Primos From Scratch2. MJW's Beating the Midstakes3. Fydor 24. Cog 41...Don't let this last video overwhelm you. As I said, there's tons of info. Watch it now, but come back to it again later if you need to.*****As a side note, my cbet frequency in $2.20s-$11s is about 79% on the flop. This may even be a bit high. When in doubt, I usually cbet. But I know that I do miss some good cbetting spots as well.
The problem with betting on drawy boards is that many players are likely to play back at you on those boards. If you have a solid hand, you don't mind that most of the time, but even then there can be boards that you hate being checkraised on.So many drawy boards, if you have little or nothing, you will not want to cbet and just give up on.For example, let's say you raise preflop with either 7c6d or AsKc and the flop comes JhTh9h. This is a TERRIBLE board to cbet, because opponents will call you with a HUGE range and you have little to no equity if raised and even if called, you are in terrible shape. You cannot possible fire again on nearly any turn card.However, if you raise a hand like J7o and the flop is Kc4s2h, this is a great board to cbet, because it's hard for any opponent to call on this flop. Well, some opponents will find a call with QT or something stupid like that, but you cannot make every opponent fold every time they miss! LOL.But these are the things that these videos will go over.
Good videos for this would be PrimordialAA's HUSNG From Scratch series, MJW006 new series called "Beating the Midstakes", and Skates board texture video. At your stakes it's not going to be good to c-bet 100% because your going to get called light so often. Pay attention to board texture. C-bet dry flops like K72 rainbow (flops that are not coordinated with flush and straight draws) when you completely miss because there there are less hand he can call with on that flop. Don't C-bet wet flops like 456 or 8JQ with a flush draw..basically the more drawy the flop the less you should cbet when you miss. Now obviously when you hit your hand on the flop you can cbet any board and theres no need to get tricky for the stakes you play. Your opponents at those stakes will not even pay attention enough to pick up on any patterns and exploit you..so just keep things simple, pay attention to board texture and you should be fine. Go ahead and watch those videos and it should help a lot, Good luck.
thanks for the reply and suggestions. But one question, if I don't bet on wet/drawy boards, won't that just give them a free card if they are drawing?
Yes, those are great videos. Add to this Cog Dissonance 41, Postflop play (adjusting your cbetting according to opponent types). Note that this video has a HUGE amount of information in it, and you will need to watch it more than once and/or pause it and take detailed notes. You will never remember everything in this video without notes!Fydor 2, "Mid Stakes vs. Winning Players" has some decent cbet situations and a great discussion about delayed cbetting starting shortly after 15:00 and running through 27:00 or so. You can safely skip the rest of that video, because it's pretty low content otherwise. Fydor's discussions are always very clear and thorough on a basic level.I would recommend watching in this order:1. Primos From Scratch2. MJW's Beating the Midstakes3. Fydor 24. Cog 41...Don't let this last video overwhelm you. As I said, there's tons of info. Watch it now, but come back to it again later if you need to.*****As a side note, my cbet frequency in $2.20s-$11s is about 79% on the flop. This may even be a bit high. When in doubt, I usually cbet. But I know that I do miss some good cbetting spots as well.
The problem with betting on drawy boards is that many players are likely to play back at you on those boards. If you have a solid hand, you don't mind that most of the time, but even then there can be boards that you hate being checkraised on.So many drawy boards, if you have little or nothing, you will not want to cbet and just give up on.For example, let's say you raise preflop with either 7c6d or AsKc and the flop comes JhTh9h. This is a TERRIBLE board to cbet, because opponents will call you with a HUGE range and you have little to no equity if raised and even if called, you are in terrible shape. You cannot possible fire again on nearly any turn card.However, if you raise a hand like J7o and the flop is Kc4s2h, this is a great board to cbet, because it's hard for any opponent to call on this flop. Well, some opponents will find a call with QT or something stupid like that, but you cannot make every opponent fold every time they miss! LOL.But these are the things that these videos will go over.
Check out xSCWx\s replies to my questions - pretty good stuff and should help you out. http://www.husng.com/content/xscwx-vid-19-vs-rabbit