The continuation bet

O.K I should put up something genuinely useful on these blogs so I don't just come across as a complete ranter....

When I first learned about the cbet it was as if I had learned everything there is to know about post flop poker. My fellow donkeys were folding to my cbets and I was happy because that is all I wanted to know about post flop poker. The thought of a turn card was simply terrifying!

However under the current micro stakes climate the cbet should be used with a considerable degree of caution; rarely into more than one player, and virtually never on a wet flop. The reason for this is that with more than one player in the pot you will simply set off a chain reaction of calls as everyone chases their draws. The second reason for this is that more people know about the cbet, and I have noticed an increase in bluff and semi bluff raising in response to 1/2-2/3 pot bets on the flop. In the early stages of a sit and go you simply have to have to sigh and fold to these aggressive young pups, noting the player's tendency and using it to your advantage when the table gets short handed and more bluffy.

Calling stations will still be doing their bit for the micro stakes poker economy so just sit and wait until you hit at least TPGK, then value bet the living daylights out of them. Pot size or oversize bets get paid off by virtually ATC into the right players, wired overpairs can be a goldmine when you bet into a loose passive player.

So who can you cbet? Me! I'll always fold, thinking 'maybe they do have an overpair';)