throwing away chips early

[Rhone]

All comments appreciated. I've been pretty successful inducing folds on a flop like this with a pot-sized bet after a healthy preflop raise. Was it too large a bet considering I didn't pair up? Is it an auto fold to the CR?

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saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

SB (t1010)
BB (t1180)
UTG (t525)
UTG+1 (t1680)
MP1 (t600)
MP2 (t1320)
<font color="#C00000">MP3 (t775)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t775)</font>
Button (t135)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t40</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t40, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP1 calls t110, MP3 calls t110.

Flop: (t475) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t625 (All-In)</font>, Hero...

[tdarko]

man don't you hate it win that continuation bet bites you in the ass? /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[AtticusFinch]

Well you have to call the push as you are getting 6 to 1, and you will be totally crippled if you fold.

That being said, if you're going to bet this flop you should just push, because any reasonably-sized bet just pot-commits you. But you shouldn't bet it.

Continuation bets are all well and good, but they are one of those small-edge deals that you should be wary of in a tourney. Making a continuation bet in this situation, when you're basically putting your whole tourney at risk, is a bad idea. Take a free card and see if you pick up top pair or a flush draw.