This rings true. I’m at 73/27, playing mostly ring games. [quote=“puggywug, post:18, topic:13023”]
So it’s looking like I need to:
- Open less often, tighter range, preferrably from better position
- Bet bigger when I do open.
- C-bet the turn and river if I have to when I miss and feel I have a good chance to bluff.
- Not bluff too much when I do miss a flop.
- Consider the pot odds I’m offering when I size my bets.
Basically, just go back to fundamentals, in other words
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The only part of this with which I disagree is betting turn and river when you miss. This is going to cost you a lot of chips when people call you down light and you have air or a weak hand. In general, you win far more chips by getting people to call you when you have value than by getting them to fold to your bluffs.
On very dry boards it may make sense to c-bet with your full range, but on wet boards it is suicide. If you’re multi-way, this is even more true, since more people will have caught at least a piece of the flop. Narrow your c-bet range to your stronger draws and made hands, particularly when you continue to barrel. By the time you reach the river, if you’re firing a third bullet, you should be able to name the hands that you are betting as bluffs, and which you’re betting for value, using the ratio of the two to calibrate your bet size.
Of course, it may not be possible to fly do that given time constraints, but it’s a good exercise when you step away from the table and analyze your play. An example of a hand review in which I did this can be found here: Triple-Barrel Bluff - #9 by WannabeCoder Of course, it may not be possible to do all that given time constraints, but it’s a good exercise when you step away from the table and analyze your play.