How I plan for maximum pressure
Lately, I had a major realization about how I play the turn: for a long time, I was completely wasting money on standard flop continuation bets.
I used to follow the basic playbook, raise pre-flop, miss the board entirely, and immediately fire out a flop bet just to project strength. Half the time, my opponent would call, I'd panic on the turn, check it down, and surrender the pot. I was basically throwing chips into a black hol
Then I started experimenting with the delayed continuation bet, and it completely changed my win rate
Now, when I miss the flop in position, I don't force a bluff right away. I just check back. To the rest of the table, checking looks like passive weakness, it signals that I've given up
when the turn card lands and my opponent checks to me a second time, they have almost always revealed their true hand. People rarely check twice with a monste
That’s when I strike. Firing a single, delayed bet on the turn gets folds at a insanely high rate because my opponent's double-check confirmed they don't want to fight for the pot
It turns out the most profitable play wasn't keeping non-stop pressure on the flop, it was pausing for one street and giving them just enough rope to admit they had nothin.r...e.g.r...e.nothing.
A double check from your opponent can tell you a lot.
Have you ever adjusted your strategy after realizing you were c-betting the flop too often?
The biggest pots ive won are from checking all the way to the river, and then check raising them. So a lot of them out there with your stategy. I have also lost our by giving them free cards. So raising or checking depends on how strong the flop is. Never give free cards unless the flop can actually crush any other hand.
The delayed c-bet is such an underrated weapon!
Letting them reveal their range with a double-check gives you maximum leverage on the turn while saving chips on total whiffs. 🎯
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