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How to fix your redline by making great continuation bets

• 30.06.2025 7:27 pm
• Helen
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The most common leak in auto pilot TAGs and multi tabling is players placing continuation bets at pre flop raiser. Firing of continuation bets without giving it much thought will more often than not lead you to folding at some point in the hand.

You may not see this as a big ordeal, but if you put together all those flops over a period of time, you will see that they cost you plenty of pre- showdown winnings.

How to know a bad continuation bet

A bad continuation bet is basically you bet because you are the pre flop raiser. The problem with this kind of bets is, at your opponents calling, you end up giving up the hand on a later street. The minute you fold, you automatically miss your raise at pre flop, the continuation bet as well as the pot without even trying to defend it.

Betting and later folding, you make your bottom line suffer and you deal a major blow on your pre showdown wins. It may not seem much of a deal when you loose your continuation bet and your raise, but this is a problem that can recur a lot of times in the same poker game session if you are not cautious. If you continue with this kind of play for a while, you will sell yourself out to your opponents and you will loose despite your good playing skills.

Making better continuation bets 

The only way for you to become a better continuation bet maker, you need to make sure that you always think about the continuation bet before you place it.

You need to visualize your goal after placing the bet. The reason for you to continuation bet is to lead your opponent to fold making use of the status of the pre flop raiser. Placing continuation bets is all about making your opponents to fold.

You need to continuation bet id cases where your opponent is most likely to fold, you need to know when he will most likely to call. The best boards to continuation bet are in the dry boards that have big cards.

It is only natural for your opponent to place a big card on you after you pre flop raise. If the board is , it means that this is a simple continuation bet. This is because it is a dry board and your opponent most probably missed already.

As the pre flop raiser, you have better chances of having aces than your opponent does. This is why your c-bet will be fruitful. On the other hand, if you happen to raise and the board comes as , you are less advantaged at a real hand in this. Therefore, it would be a good idea if you checked, not unless firing multiple barrels is of benefit.

The way to multi-barreling

If your plan is to place a continuation bet and give in after your opponent calls, then the board table above is not the best to place continuation bets. The only way you would profit from c-betting in the above case would be if you have intentions of multi-barreling.

Low boards such as will probably make your opponent peel with pocket pairs of any kind. Your opponent is hoping that you will give in after you have your continuation bet called as he will check and win in the hand.

Putting to thought on your opponents range in this kind of cases and firing multiple barrels can be of great profits to you. It is most probable that your opponent's hands are made up of single pair hands that are weak. All you need to do is fire barrels at the river and turn and you will have your opponent folding.

The spots you should not c- bet

• At multi way pots

A multi way pot is basically a pot with a lot of opponents who stand a chance of getting a small part of the board and can call you. This is not the best way to c-bet if you want to see a fold.

• At heavy draw flops

In case you have and you raise when in early position, you get button called and there is a flop , the best thing to do is to avoid making the continuation bet. This is because the flop completely destroys the calling range of your opponent.

• When at calling station

It is just at simple as this, never bluff at a call station. This is because it is impossible to bluff an opponent who will never fold.

• At flops that are not of help to your supposed range

These refer to all board where the only way to call a continuation bet is by planning to fire multi-barrels. Boards that are not of any benefit to your range, placing one continuation bet can be the same as taking your cash and forcing it down the drain. It is either you fire big cards or you just simply check. Just think before you act.

• At hands with showdown value

The best hand to check is one that possesses good value at showdown, but is not strong enough to value bet. This can be a hand like on a board like . Here, you probably have the best hand, but using it to bet will out fold everything your leading. Worse hands will never call; this is why you can actually behind check when you are in position.

Improve your continuation bets

At the end of the day, in order to make the best continuation bets, you need to first of all think through the scenario. Consider your opponent's style of play. You need to know the boards that can likely help the opponent's pre flop call range and the board that your opponent think may influence your raising at pre flop range.

It is always important to continuation bet with a strategy in place.  If you have a purpose to give up after firing multiple barrels, then it is best you do not fire them at all.