Would you mind elaborating a bit on the small 4-bet size from a range perspective? Do you think $35 is significantly better than, say, $42? If you're indeed up against a weaker opponent, I'd imagine one part of that weakness would be that they call 4-bets oop too often. But with this sizing, it seems like you're almost inviting a weaker opponent with that flaw to play correctly against you. Not when you have this particular hand clearly, but against your 4b range?
Similarly, same hand but on the flop, you're never bet-folding with this sizing right? Obviously you're going broke with this particular hand, but would you play any other hands in your 4b range the same way, or would you have different sizings?
I expect that my range vs a weaker opponent is unbalanced and exploitable here in that the smaller sizing is much more likely to be a very strong hand (AA/KK) than anything else. This is ideal in this spot, because my opponent will call too much and think they're getting the right odds to call, but they won't realize how strong I really am.
I would also expect that if I had a weaker hand (AK/QQ) and I wanted to 4bet, I would 4bet bigger.
What's important here is that my 4bet range will be split based on the sizing I use. Against an opponent that is aware of this, and can adjust properly, this might not be good. Against this particular opponent, I'm exploiting their weaknesses of calling too much, and not being able to read my betsizes.
But with this sizing, it seems like you're almost inviting a weaker opponent with that flaw to play correctly against you.
By 4betting small with very strong hands, and bigger with strong but not very strong hands, they will take the invitation when I want them to (but they shouldn't), and avoid it when I don't want them to (and they probably still shouldn't, but the reason they shouldn't would be the larger size).
On the flop, I'm not bet/folding. If I had AK, I would bet/fold. If I had QQ, the pot to stack ratio would be smaller... it would be much tougher, and less clear what to do. I'm not sure what I would do with QQ on the flop if I bet and got raised. Any additional information I would have about the player would be important to help me decide.
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Would you mind elaborating a bit on the small 4-bet size from a range perspective? Do you think $35 is significantly better than, say, $42? If you're indeed up against a weaker opponent, I'd imagine one part of that weakness would be that they call 4-bets oop too often. But with this sizing, it seems like you're almost inviting a weaker opponent with that flaw to play correctly against you. Not when you have this particular hand clearly, but against your 4b range?
Similarly, same hand but on the flop, you're never bet-folding with this sizing right? Obviously you're going broke with this particular hand, but would you play any other hands in your 4b range the same way, or would you have different sizings?
Edit: Nice video btw :)
Interesting questions, thanks :)
I expect that my range vs a weaker opponent is unbalanced and exploitable here in that the smaller sizing is much more likely to be a very strong hand (AA/KK) than anything else. This is ideal in this spot, because my opponent will call too much and think they're getting the right odds to call, but they won't realize how strong I really am.
I would also expect that if I had a weaker hand (AK/QQ) and I wanted to 4bet, I would 4bet bigger.
What's important here is that my 4bet range will be split based on the sizing I use. Against an opponent that is aware of this, and can adjust properly, this might not be good. Against this particular opponent, I'm exploiting their weaknesses of calling too much, and not being able to read my betsizes.
But with this sizing, it seems like you're almost inviting a weaker opponent with that flaw to play correctly against you.
By 4betting small with very strong hands, and bigger with strong but not very strong hands, they will take the invitation when I want them to (but they shouldn't), and avoid it when I don't want them to (and they probably still shouldn't, but the reason they shouldn't would be the larger size).
On the flop, I'm not bet/folding. If I had AK, I would bet/fold. If I had QQ, the pot to stack ratio would be smaller... it would be much tougher, and less clear what to do. I'm not sure what I would do with QQ on the flop if I bet and got raised. Any additional information I would have about the player would be important to help me decide.
Nice video btw :)
Thanks :)
Cool thx :)
I loved your analysis of board textures on the flop and how that impacts the decision to c-bet, lead out, check-raise, etc. Thanks Mike!
Nice thoughts about KQ ! Love it
Don't like AA bet sizing . For many players smaller bet is autoraise ;) I would bet 29 $ cbet
Do more full ring video! They are amazing <3 Thanks so much
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