Continuation Bet in Poker

January 25, 2010

The Continuation Bet

 
A continuation bet can be made by a pre-flop raiser who then fires again on the flop.
This is the definition of a continuation bet.
When does this bet make sense?
Lets take a look at it in the poker strategy article below.

Number of opponents

Most of the time one misses the flop, sad but true.
If you have raised pre-flop and miss the flop, you can decide to check or continuation bet.
The less opponents you are facing the better does the continuation bet work, because the other players tend to miss the flop as well.
If you think about continuation betting, the number of your opponents should be one or two.
Otherwise if you have missed, somebody else is likely to have a better hand than you and will call or raise you.

Bet sizing

A good amount to bet when firing a continuation bet is half the pot.
Let’s say there is 100 in the pot, you should bet 50.
By betting half the pot, your continuation bets have to be successful (the other player(s) fold) just every third time.
If you bet 200 into 100, you might not get called a lightly, but you have to win 2 out of 3 times to be break-even.

Type of opponents and the flop

If you see a flop with an opponent who calls a lot, you might think about avoiding the conbet if you have missed.

If the flop looks scary like KQJ suited and you didn’t flop a hand you also might rather check and see what happens rather then giving an opponents chips who most likely has hit.

There are many things you can take into consideration when it’s your time to continuation bet.
Keep in mind how many players are in the hand with you, bet about half the pot on flops that look safe and save your chips if you play online poker against a calling station.

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