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The C-Bet for Beginners

• 31.06.2025 1:24 pm
• Helen
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As a person who has just started playing poker, you may find it hard to play the game on the flop right after raising and before you flop.

A c-bet or a continuation bet is when you follow your pre-flop together with a bet that is on the flop.

A C-bet takes great advantage to the plan you get after attacking the pre-flop. The c-bet also takes the plan to the flop.

The main idea is when you raise just before the flop, you are showing that you are capable of playing for more money. As the attacker, your challenger will fold, giving up the pot.

The c-bets are quite useful since a lot of poker hands fail to notice the flop in most cases. If your challenger flat-calls, then he absolutely has no plan on the hand. You are the attacker, and your hand is better than his.

Since the two of you are going to miss out on the flop, when your opponent checks, and you make a bet, this will be the second time you tell him how you like your hand. If your opponent does not get any board, then he is going to fold much.

To fire or not

There is too much dead money that is in the pot from the players. These players make the weak calls earlier than the flop. These players will eventually fold the flop and there is a lot of value with all the dead money.

A big percentage of time does not mean you repeat the same thing each time. If your challenger has the idea that you are firing the c-bet each time you raise just before the flop, he will trap you with the impunity, because he will be sure that you will bet.

In poker, you can never do something 100% of its time.

If you are letting out a continuation bet, then you probably want your opponents to fold. You want to be the pre-flop raiser so as to take the dead money the times your challenger misses.

The best c-bets positions  

The flops to c-bets that can help your hand are normally the best flops. If for example you raise just before the flop, your challenger is capable of putting you on the big cards. If your bet wins you the pot it means that the big cards have appeared on the flop. The boards that have got kings or aces make large c-bet situations since a good number of the challengers believe that they hit the pr-flop raiser.

The flops that do not help your challenger also make for huge c-betting. If you have in mind the hands that your challenger will use, then a flop such as is probably not going to hit your challenger's hand. This shows that your opponent will give up when you let out a c-bet.

If you find that you are heads-up on the flop minutes after you have raised, then you should make a huge percentage of the time when you c-bet. You should c-bet the dangerous boards because your single challenger will most likely miss the flop.

The time you should not c-bet

There are also the bad flops to c-bet. You should leave out the c-bet when the flop happens to have helped your challenger. Most likely your opponent will fold, so c-betting will mean that you are giving cash away.

In most cases, cannot be certain which boards will help your challenger and which ones will not. You can always guess: think of what your challenger might have used to call with and the chances of him sticking around. If the two cases happen, then you should not c-bet.

If the flop happens to come with a lot of draws, then it is better to check other than bet. A good example is a board such as .there are quite a number of hands that your challenger can use to call with before the flop hits the other flop. This means that you can get called or raised many times and so you should check.

You should also avoid c-betting when you find yourself with so many opponents. Yet again c-bets are supposed to get the dead money with no problem. Remember, if a lot of people see the flop, then someone will also want to have a look at a turn.

Having the idea of when not to c-bet is as good as having the idea of when to c-bet. Always bet if you have an idea that your opponent is going to fold and check if you think your opponent is going to call.

The sizes of bets

Since a c-bet is a tiny bluff, you really want to be economical with the size of your bet. You want to make enough bets so that you can make your opponent fold, but the main issue is you do not want to risk needless chips the times that you get called.

The size of your c-bet and your value bet should be the same. If you make your bet fewer times, you c-bet and more times you value bet, then the good opponents will catch on. So to avoid the opponents catching on, you should make the c-bets and the value bets equal.

A good bet to have is one that has got two thirds of the pot flop. It is reasonable to get the dead money, and it will be enough to make the pot the moment you have a genuine hand, without giving out any information needlessly.

Fundamentals

Having the idea of when to c-bet and when not to is a basic skill you can discover when you are a beginner. After raising earlier than the flop, a lot of players bet the flop the moment they have got a hand. This means that a lot of dead money will be left on the table.

The worse move you can ever make is to c-bet every time even when there is no need to. There are easy rules that you can follow; if the chances of your opponent folding are high, then you should bet, if your opponents want to continue, then you should check your hands.

It can be hard when you begin, but with time, it will appear simple and after that the continuation bet will be easy for you.