NL Quiz AKo continuation bet.

[Mikey]

I just want to see what some of you guys would do here when faced with different situations.

Here is the setting you are in a 2-4 NL game online with 9 players seated at the table and UTG is a good player and has respect for you and you respect him. The BB is an unknown.


BB has about $400
UTG has about $500
You have $400

UTG limps. everyone folds to you.

You have A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

You raise it to $16.
BB calls $16
UTG calls $16.

$50 in the pot.

Do you make a continuation bet?
What size?

Here are the flops.

1. Q 8 6r.
2. Q T 7r.
3. Q 8 8r.
4. Q 2 2r.
5. Q J 6r.
6. Q 9 7 . 9 and 7 are clubs.
7. Q 5 6 . 5 and 6 are clubs.
8. Q 9 5r.
9. Q 7 8r.
10. Q 6 T r.

[Benoit]

Yes, 40-60% of the pot.

[JihadOnTheRiver]

Yes to all. But 80-100% of pot. 40-60 will get CR'd a lot.

[Morrek]

yes to all, 75-100% of the pot

[FlyingStart]

if the flops instead were jack high, and you held AQ, would you guys still make the continuation bet?

[JihadOnTheRiver]

I rarely raise AQo, only sometimes AQs. But yes, if I'm the PF raiser, I'm showing aggression on the flop.

[Benoit]

Well it depends on the person. If I know a pot sized bet will let them fold a lot of hands better then me, and which a 1/2 pot sized bet would encourage a call or raise, then yes a larger continuation bet is called for.

But if it's a smarter player (in this case), over betting the pot is just a waist of money. You will be risking a pot sized bet to win the pot, so you need to have at least a 50% chance they will both fold to just break even. But since they are both good players and called your pre-flop raise; that will be unlikely.