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Originally Posted by johnnyBuz
Regarding the delayed c-bet advocates, shouldn't we always be c-betting the flop with a nut draw when sufficiently deep so that we are able to get stacks in? It's going to be very difficult to get stacks in missing a street of betting and then overbetting when the obvious flush hits.
You are forgetting that you are heads up.
If in a multi way pot, you can Cbet because the odds that someone has a hand they'll call with are higher.
But this spot, when HU, you want to give your V a chance to think they might be good with their strong-but-wiffed hands.
The vast majority of time, V missed everything on this kind of texture. So cbetting while having a high likelihood of taking the pot now (which is certian a good result), is not the most profitable line.
There are the
cards that give V a turned or rivered pair or set that will pay you off. There are the weak FD's that don't call a cbet. There are the Kx and Ax hands that can catch up to the 2nd best hand.
When you fast play, you always get your $$$ in behind V's strong (ETA: parts of range) hands, which will likely pay you off later anyway.
Simply put, HU, you can afford to wait until you bink, before getting your stack in.
(And you're not that deep. 140bb is not tough to get stacks in on two streets.)