Consider the following situation:
$105 SNG on Full Tilt Poker. Blinds are t10/t20.
Hero (BB) has t1310. Villain (BTN) has t1690
Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with Kh 7h
BTN raises to t60, Hero calls t40.
Flop: (t120) 8c Td 3h
Hero checks. BTN checks.
Turn (t120) Kc
Hero checks. BTN checks.
River: (t120) 4c
Hero bets t80. BTN folds.
Final Pot: t120. Hero wins t120.
Hand Review - Missing Bets Out Of Position
Hand Review - Bluffcatching The River
Consider the following situation:
$84 SNG on Full Tilt Poker. Blinds are t30/t60.
Hero (BTN) has t1000. Villain (SB) has t2000
Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is BTN/SB with Td 2d
Hero calls t30, BB checks.
Flop: (t120) 9d 8c Jc
BB checks. Hero checks.
Turn (t120) 2s
BB bets t120. Hero calls t120.
River: (t360) 6s
BB bets t180, Hero calls t180.
Final Pot: t720. Hero mucks Td 2d. BB shows 3d 6h. BB wins t720.
Breaking Down a Continuation Bet - Part 1
Consider the following situation:
Effective Stacks: 450
Hero raises 4d3d to 6BB on the button. BB calls and the flop comes: Kc Jc 4s
Let's dissect a c-bet in this spot against a loose villain. I am sure this is obvious to many of you, so bear with me. Let's assume we bet 75% of the pot as a standard cbet and we never get check raised. According to PokerStove, a loose villain will be calling here with 42.3% of all starting hands. I am assuming that the villain will call a c-bet with anything that includes a gutshot or better (including all pairs, but not ace-high). This means that the villain will call approximately 53.7% of all continuation bets. Assuming the hand stops here, your c-bet will show an immediate profit of about 1BB for every cbet. Even if you had 32o here, you would show an immediate profit by c-betting.
Why Board Texture Matters
If you make all of your decisions on the basis of board texture, you're not completely missing the point of poker, but you are missing the value of second-level thinking. You can think of the diagram above as an illustration of what percent of a large stack to put in with each poker hand depending on the board texture.