Benefits of a CBet?

Oh and regarding unknown opponents. I would be careful against these. Don't just assume they're fish - this can be an easy way to burn money. I would only play strong hands against these until I have more information.

Originally Posted by Petulie

Oh and regarding unknown opponents. I would be careful against these. Don't just assume they're fish - this can be an easy way to burn money. I would only play strong hands against these until I have more information.

We can assume they're likely fairly bad at these stakes for sure, not that necessarily fit the 70/16 mould of a whale though. You want to play plenty pots IP with unknowns when you have initiative and position because you can defo assume they fold to c-bets too much, have a tendency to play a widish range preflop and make a lot of mistakes oop. Not advocating opening any 2 cards or anything, but we can and should want to play a fairly wide range in steal positions IP as we would vs almost all opponents in these games.

Yuck. Don't think I'd Cbet any of those flops for reasons already given above. If worse folds and better calls, just check/fold or check behind. I miss playing.

wordtothewise, maybe you should go through your hand histories and given the above information post some hands you think would be good spots to c-bet. [edit: and why!]

Originally Posted by Petulie

wordtothewise, maybe you should go through your hand histories and given the above information post some hands you think would be good spots to c-bet. [edit: and why!]

I will for sure! I discovered this leak when researching my HEM DB. I ran Leak Buster and found a ton of leaks. I am going to watch the cbet video tonight and see if I can gather a few tips. Areas I have confusion I will post hands and get your thoughts. Thanks for stepping in to help. What limit are you at?

Originally Posted by StarGrinder

Yuck. Don't think I'd Cbet any of those flops for reasons already given above. If worse folds and better calls, just check/fold or check behind. I miss playing.

I hear you. I am just digging through my database trying to identity leaks in my game until I can play or find a US friendly site. Here are a bunch of leaks I have uncovered with HEM and LB! Sigh you guys are going to have to get used to me. I am going to try and explore every leak in my game

Originally Posted by Carroters

We can assume they're likely fairly bad at these stakes for sure, not that necessarily fit the 70/16 mould of a whale though. You want to play plenty pots IP with unknowns when you have initiative and position because you can defo assume they fold to c-bets too much, have a tendency to play a widish range preflop and make a lot of mistakes oop. Not advocating opening any 2 cards or anything, but we can and should want to play a fairly wide range in steal positions IP as we would vs almost all opponents in these games.

I believe this is the reason I cbet these boards. Since I noted my overall cbet is very low I generally cbet when I have a solid hand. However, I realized when I am iso raising and playing against unknowns I have been defaulting to cbetting regardless of board texture assuming everyone at the micro stakes is terrible and their wide ranges can't stand much heat. The problem I see with this thought process has already been mentioned. I would have to fire a ton of turns and rivers and may be spewing vs unknown ranges.