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Originally Posted by portemilio
I was playing one size on the river. Why do you split your range here ? I don’t mind 1/3 though at all opponents range is very weak, but I can’t think of an argument for a pot sized bet tbh and what range I’d be doing it with. Curious to hear your take. I’m playing bovada so unlikely I see you at the tables there or that you’d know it was me :P
And you’re welcome glad you’re liking the thread
Using a one bet sizing on the river is perfectly fine. I simply pointed out that some players are now doing a two bet sizing approach on the river. And it is usually ⅓ pot as the small size and the pot as the big size. But of course this is more difficult to implement and people are not necessarily using both sizes equally.
I have a “set up the shove” mentality. So when I saw your post, no matter if I normally use one river bet size or two river bet sizes, I noticed that you arrived on the river heads up in a pot of $462 and your opponent had $790 left. My “set up the shove” mentality would have had me bet about $165 so that if my opponent were to shove then that shove is a full pot sized shove and they got no discount on the shove. I got a discount of being able to bet only $165 (⅓ pot) to have a legitimate chance of winning the hand uncontested and additionally if my opponent wants to shove there was no discount on their shove as it was a fully pot sized raise by them. You betting $231 means his shove was for less than pot. You made it easier for him to fold by you betting more. And you made it easier for him to shove because it is less than a pot sized shove. So in your situation here even I am mostly only using a one bet size, but it is a “set up the shove” bet size of about $165 (or using preset buttons ⅓ pot button here).
I can’t talk too much (or don’t want to LOL) about how other people are constructing their two bet river sizings but for fun let’s say it might be something like this in general terms…
bet a big part of his range for 33% with weak 2 pairs, some straights blocking twopairs, etc and ofc some bluffs with no SD value. And the stronger hands that don’t block bluff catchers for full pot (my guess is like 15-20% of range bets full pot here). But I personally also have the "set up the shove" mentality morphing my decisions.
Last edited by ladybruin; 05-20-2024 at 10:33 PM.