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Originally Posted by HappyLuckBox
I understand range vs range str on this board, does not favor the pfr. Which is why i feel when cbetting this flop the range should be fairly polarized. I understand that cbetting changes villians continuing range and often on this flop their preflop calling ranges will continue on this texture.
However none of this i see as an argument for betting less simply because we are at the bottom of our cbet range. If you are advocating for one to do that jdvs, im a little shocked.
Yes its great to bet 1/2 pot and hope villians havent connected at all and will just give up, that way we risk the minimum on our bluff.
But tougher opponents can and will float/bluffraise if they detect weakness, and even bad villians may peel off lighter with a gutshot or bottom pair that they may have folded to a slightly larger bet.
my comment was more general, and not so specific to this hand.
few things about what you said though:
-it would be difficult and not too helpful i think to be polarized on this flop, it isnt as much in favor of a caller as say a 789tt. also AQcc is not going to be part of a polarized betting strategy
-your point about opponents continuing with gutshots or bottom pair hands to a smaller bet is a good argument to size your cbet smaller here
-if you feel that tougher players will seek to exploit the range imbalances of your different betsizes that you use against weaker players, either re-exploit by making small bets w/ value heavy ranges or:
-you can have multiple balanced betsizes although it is more difficult and might not be that useful in many cases (or just balance w/ one betsize v tough players)
i am not specifically suggesting that you bet smaller when bluffing here or ever, but if you knew that your opponents were completely inelastic wrt betsizing, why would you not bluff small and valuebet big?