Quote Originally Posted by Renton View Post
betting 40 is gross because its horrible bluff odds. You make a lot of money in reraised pots from betting small on the flop and taking it down a lot, relying on the strength of your range to force people to fold despite the odds. Betting 40 as a standard would dramatically curtail the profitability of your bluffing range, and thus curtail the profitability of your overall range, with the only benefit being that you might get more value from your big hands some % of the time (but note you often stack them with big hands no matter what sizing you choose).
I don't think the benefit of betting small is necessarily to improve our bluff odds. I'd argue that betting small if anything a) encourages more floats and peels OOP,such that we are forced to double barrel bluff (ie: needing to risk more to take down the pot), and b) encourages more bluff c/r on the flop.

Obviously when we have a hand, this is one of the big advantages of betting small. but when we don't have a hand, I wouldn't necessarily say its helping our odds of taking down the pot.

I'm just playing devil's advocate. Ofcourse I think tripling small is good most of the time. I'm just saying that people hate the double barrel line (bet/shove) so much.. balance yada yada.. and there are ways to incorporate both types of lines in a balanced way by taking advantage of the dynamic of value shoving or bluff shoving and getting called, creates.