If you follow the high stakes online NLHE games, you'll see that a lot of players have changed their betsizing style a lot over the last 6 months or so.
It seems like a lot of the players seem to be betting a lot more, while using much smaller sizing.
My guess would be is that it making more polarizing sizes or checking reveals too much info, and they don't want to split their ranges too much.

Example from today's 25/50 HU game:

SB opens
Kanu 3-bets 86dd
SB calls

Flop: KQ7ddd

Kanu bets 280 into 850.
SB calls

Turn: Q
Kanu checks
SB checks

River: 6
Kanu bets 1/3 pot
SB calls, and mucks

A while ago, most players would have bet like 55-65% of the pot, to be able to bet-bet-shove the river for less than pot on the river, at 100BB.
Now though, there's much more 1/3 pot betting in 3-bet pots, and 1/2 pot betting for flop c-bets.

I tried the 55% pot my whole range c-bet style for a week, but I found that I get more success with betting a slightly more polarized range for a larger sizing on wets boards, while going smaller on dry boards, with my whole range.

Are the guys who seem to be doing this (Kanu, Fish, ForHayley, Sauce etc.) finding out new stuff in CREV, or is it just a matter of preference for them?


Let's discuss the pros and cons of these bets.