How To Bet Size Correctly

[goopxx]

Your first decision when assessing the strength of your hand is whether to fold, call or raise. The next decision is how much to bet. This is very important as giving your opponent the right odds to call may mean they hit the card they need to improve and your incorrectly sized bet could cost you the pot. Let’s look at bet sizing and how you can use bet sizing to get tells from your opponent and also give off false tells of your own. : )

[UIIIU]

cant argue that except dont forget about implied odds and reverse implied odds they can bite ya in the butt. sometimes can justify a call if pot odds is a little off

Originally Posted by n2kfactor

no idea i never use math in my game...only gut and instinct

I knew it!!

Originally Posted by n2kfactor

how did u know it??

LOL. Don't sweat it. I meant it in jest just like I think your original reply was. Any decent player who says they do not use any math, IMHO, really just means the math has become instinctual and they dont have to think about it anymore. However the reality is their play has to be grounded in moves based on the right math to win with any consistency. To play otherwise would make you a very popular opponent and you are not.
(In poker that is a reverse compliment!)

[UIIIU]

math is definitely less important when your focus is more geared towards your opponents i mean if you know your opponent and are good at sensing weaknesses in betting patterns than it really does not matter what your actual odds are to win the pot because your exploiting your opponents hand not yours. I would say this would classify N2k from what ive seen better than the mathematicians that usually end up playing mid stakes limit holdem because they rely solely on the math and do not take these kinds of things into consideration which is essential to NL. Altho the higher limit holdem goes the more it turns into an "art" form like NL

[SolidSnakeLogic101]

Honestly the math portion of poker is simple. I have looked at some HH from your birthday, and at you're level with no real math understanding you could benefit a lot from just a little math understanding.

Im not going to spout off all the info, but calculating pot odds is one simple formula with a calculator handy understanding you're odds is just another angle to consider when deciding to play a specific hand. Any player who completely lets the math consume them is often exploitable, as any opponent that has any trend in their specific playing style. I find it is the players who know and use the math, and gut instinct that see the biggest picture in the game.

Some people instinctively know rough odds. But just reading 1 very simple formula makes you completely understand how to calculate exact odds.

So why would you not go and learn this to better yourself?

IMO someone who plays poker for any substantial amount of money should know what they are doing. Not just have a rough idea. A lot of people IMO are complacent about learning the odds of the game due to pride. I hope that my comment will make you set you're pride aside, and go and learn an aspect of the game that will most defiantly contribute to you're overall skill in this great game of knowledge that you play daily.

Take every advantage that you can get.

[CATALYST(syrr28)]

Oh how the little things make u either a King or Pauper! Good post