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[koolmoe]

Theoretical questions (with possible answers - just guesses really)

if we are always betting 3/4 pot, how do you keep the pot small when we have a modest hand (TPMK)? Checking occasionally flop/turn?

I don't always bet 3/4. I just do it more often with big hands and less often with modest hands, but I bet both pot sizes with each. I also check/call with modest hands against aggressive players upon occasion. It seems like a lot of players aren't perceptive enough to pick up on these kinds of trends unless you always do the same thing.

don't we get screwed when bluffing by firing 2 bigger bullets when we are getting called down? Or does the bigger flop bet get enough fewer calls that we fire fewer 2nd bullets?

Yeah, I think you will have to choose your spots a little more judiciously. My premise is that my opponents don't differentiate between 1/2 to 3/4 pot bets very well, and so they will call the bigger bet with nearly the same frequency as the smaller bet. Obviously, this is not true against all players, but it is a big leak of the players that I tend to target.