10 thoughts on “Poker Strategy: Using Hand Reading To Pick Out Bet Size”

1. I actually stopped the video and started laughing when Bart said he would jam river…Hero played this hand perfectly all the way through with good sizing. He could have sized up a bit pre flop and on the flop but relatively fine as played. Standard c-bet and bet on turn..Good sizing on turn since you're going to be up against JX so often here and don't want to scare off with an A. On the river, we're trying to get value from KJ, QJ, J10, J9, etc…In most live low stake games, guys will be raising 2 pair plus on this turn very often. I also don't think he will ever be showing up with a naked A here either..Guys will just check/fold flop. Guys get super sticky with flopped top pair's in low stakes also which makes a $75 bet perfect here. Jamming makes absolutely no sense because you always fold out all J's and even naked A's (even though he never has that)

2. Looks like he's against a jack.

3. I think we leave a lot of value on the table with these less than 1/2 pot bets at these stakes. Keep it simple and go for proper 3/4 pot bets on the flop and turn and you get payed way more on the river too. Don't worry about balance, just take their money with valuehands. The caller even said these people don't like folding top pair.

4. lol at "farmer game"

5. I don't see what is wrong with value betting on the smallish size. Villain probably had KJ or QJ and I think hero got maximum value here… What is villain going to call a shove with except a set? There is no f'in' way anybody, even a "farmer" is going to have a straight here, and I think any other two pair hand is also extremely unlikely. I think rich people who sneer at "these level games" forget that $500 is real money to many normal people (it is a lot of gas, food, electricity, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and a couple months worth of Mexican red hair or whatever else too) …villain is only in there with a pocket pair or a big card hand like KJ, I mean, come on..

6. happy video

7. No Jx is folding to a larger size cbet.
   So the question is: if you size bigger on the flop (ie 25$) do you think gssds+bdfds (ie 9h8h, 6h5h, etc) will fold?
   If they don't fold, why size small on the flop?
   (Please no "size small with all your range" BS. It's a 1/2$ live hand)

8. It really bothers me that there's no video.

9. I would prefer to bet 20 rather than 15 on the flop into the pot of 35, because do those 5$ really make a huge difference to their continuence frequenzy? I dont think so. The turn and river sizing is fine IMO. I dont think, this is a great overbetting spot, because Villain should not have that many hands in his range, he can pay off with. He dont even have the strong top pair, since he likely dont limp AK or AQ preflop. So apart from a few worse 2 pair combos, we are trying to get called by weak top pair or second pair type hands.

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