Continuation Bets

[Dratj 0]

i think that one of my leaks is using the continuation bet too much and having to fold after I get raised on the flop. I don't lose my whole stack obviously but it chips away at my bankroll.When is it best to make a continuation bet? I'll throw out some ideas and hopefully some of you can critique them and add some more. i find that it is good to bet out when you've hit your hand or when you are heads up in position. When it is a multiway pot, I will generally check fold if I missed the flop completely. Depending on board texture, I might fire out a cont. bet on the flop out of position heads up but if I get called I will put on the brakes.

[krup24 0]

Well ur right, the big pots increase the BR but its the small ones that maintain it.I tend to make my continuation bet the same whether I hit the flop hard or not at all and its really working. It also helps to be properly bankrolled.

[Scott3705 0]

I read in a book 90% of the time. Depending on what limit you play, this is probably too high the lower you get since everyone puts you on AK everytime you raise preflop.

[fleung22 1]

i think that one of my leaks is using the continuation bet too much and having to fold after I get raised on the flop. I don't lose my whole stack obviously but it chips away at my bankroll.When is it best to make a continuation bet? I'll throw out some ideas and hopefully some of you can critique them and add some more. i find that it is good to bet out when you've hit your hand or when you are heads up in position. When it is a multiway pot, I will generally check fold if I missed the flop completely. Depending on board texture, I might fire out a cont. bet on the flop out of position heads up but if I get called I will put on the brakes.

Continuation is good because you want to maintain the control of the hand.If players are regularly coming over-the-top then maybe play fewer hands (or use check-raise) but still make those bets regularly. When you come up with a monster and they try pushing you off your hand you can take their whole stack.I had a similar problem and the best adjustment I made was lowering my bet size relative to the pot. I used to fire the whole pot regularly but anywhere from 25%-75% often gets the same result without risking as much.

[MasterLJ 0]

I play mostly short-handed these days, and I continue-bet 95% of the time. For me not to do so would involve a super-scary flop and multiway pre-flop callers.

[Dratj 0]

Continuation is good because you want to maintain the control of the hand.If players are regularly coming over-the-top then maybe play fewer hands (or use check-raise) but still make those bets regularly. When you come up with a monster and they try pushing you off your hand you can take their whole stack.I had a similar problem and the best adjustment I made was lowering my bet size relative to the pot. I used to fire the whole pot regularly but anywhere from 25%-75% often gets the same result without risking as much.

I usually fire out about 75% pot size regardless. I would say I continuation bet about 70 to 80 percent of the time. It just seems like lately people keep trying to push me off and I end up folding. Maybe it's not a leak but just that my opponents are hitting the flop hard. I usually find cont. bets a good way to slowly build your stack but lately it's not working. Variance?

[goose 0]

it depends so much on the table. TAGish/TPive tables I'll continuation bet every flop, but if it's full of calling stations/LAG's and you have absolutely nothing with little chance of improving, what's the point in doing it regularly?