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Originally Posted by TenHighCallDown
That tends to be most people's continuing strategy regardless of the original size, no? So how is betting 3/4p with your whole range and folding everything but those hands any better than betting 1/3p? It sounds to me like players in general are just vulnerable to raises.
Many people betting 1/4-1/3 pot don’t adequately defend against my aggression. Here’s a very simple example:
Villains’ strategies involve betting small on flop with literally ~100% of their range.
Now let’s say I raise their bet every time I have a shred of equity - backdoor straight draw, bottom pair, ace high, whatever. In my experience, they are way overfolding and my raise is profitable in and of itself. If they call I can literally open muck the turn and I’m still making money with my flop play. If my hand improves on the turn that’s just the icing on the cake. Using your math, people simply aren’t defending 60%. They are defending sets and 2p, flush draws, OESD, and top pairs (usually folding these on the turn)
People who c-bet normal sizes tend to c-bet a much stronger and narrower range - maybe around 45%, which means they are defending much more frequently by default. They simply have better hands. I also need to risk much more relative to what I’m going to win in the pot. I’m not a math wizard or anything so maybe it just feels like it’s working but it isn’t lol
In any event, I don’t expect this strategy to work vs good players who are adequately rolled for the game and aren’t scared to play big pots with ace high or TPGK. It’s works very well vs pros who get their strategy from YouTube bloggers though.