[Theory] High equity turns for c-bettor: Large size or small size?
Posted by whiteshark
Posted by whiteshark posted in Low Stakes
[Theory] High equity turns for c-bettor: Large size or small size?
Background:
I'm continuing to work through MMAsherdog's BTS Ultimate Course and in the Blind vs. Blind video he shows a pattern that I don't understand. So the spot is SB vs. BB single raised pot. We range c-bet out of the SB on a rather dry K-high board that favors the PFR and get called. The turn is a broadway card, so a high equity card for the SB c-bettor.
Question:
Of course, after a range c-bet, we check a lot, especially oop. We still have a betting range though. What I noticed is that there are two different kinds of boards that lead to completely different sizes that we choose on the turn.
Board 1: KT4 Q
Here, the SB c-bettor goes for a small sizing on the turn. This makes a lot of sense to me since a high equity card for our range will lead to quite some betting (even after a high frequency c-bet OTF oop), and since a substantial part of our range wants to bet we go for a small size.
Board 2: K52 Q
This is also a high equity card for the SB c-bettor after a high frequency c-bet OTF, but now we go for a big size when we bet. Why? Across many regions of the game tree, I have whitnessed the rule of thumb that blank (!) turns lead to large sizes (and a lot of checking) for the c-bettor, whereas high EQ cards lead to a small size and a large betting frequency. If a substantial part of our range wants to bet, why not choosing the small size?
Attempt of an answer:
Maybe it's too simple to say that high equity cards will lead to a small size and blanks lead to a big size. I was recently told that
- the equity of a card for our range determines our overall betting frequency
- the polarization of our range determines our sizing
So could we maybe say that on KT4 Q, our betting range is less polarized since BB will also have AJo/J9o and the tops of our ranges are closer together? While on K52 Q, SB's nuts are uncontested and want to go big? This is my hunch, but when I check the equity distributions of SB and BB for both spots in Flopzilla, there is few visual difference in the tops of the ranges...
What's your take on this?
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