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Originally Posted by fortank
I don't like bet small on flop.
If the line is bet call, bet call, bet call.
You feels good.
But when you get raised on the flop, you drop into a multi- level thinking.
Below is what I think:
You will convince yourself, he raise is try to bluff your weakness, and you will call him anyway.
You may feel bullied when he raise your flop and your call and check the turn make him play perfectly. He won't bluff turn as you call and tell him you are have AK+, when he bet turn, you are 100% beat.
Well, I don’t convince myself that he pure bluffing. My small bet:
1. Increase probability of his bluff.
2. He can have AK (or KQ less likely), convince himself that I bluff or thin VB with QQ, and just VB me with TPTK.
So, my small bet just make his raise range wider. And, as you wrote, it’s very well when they just call down you 3st and very bad, when they raise you IP.
And when I think about your statement, I came to this conclusion: when I call his raise on flop I hope get value from bluffs and mainly, from AK. But if I would bet larger, AK will probably just call and pay off anyway, and he will more timid with his bluff. So, on this particular board (3bet pot, K-high FD) I think is better to bet larger, it will make decisions much easier.
Thanks for very helpful reply!