HoH1(p323): You flop 2 pair and Harrington suggests you bet pot?! WHY?

[AA suited]

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Do you habitually make a continuation bet with 5 players seeing a flop?

With 5 players, there's a good chance that there's at least one Ax out there and that it will call, especially when x = {K,Q,J}. So you will get plenty of value from them. Also, if Ax calls, now someone behind with a draw is getting better odds to call since more money is in the pot and there's better implied odds.

So I think a greater than 1/2 the pot is more than appropiate here.

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i make a 60%pot cont bet if there are 2 players or less after me. in this situation, since the blinds checked, there are only 2 players after me. so i usually will make a cont bet. I've had good success doing this in the 55's.

if more than 3 players left to act, i check, unless i have tp or better. if the latter, i will make my standard 60%pot.

hm.. based on your explanation, maybe i should pot it when i have something if there are more than 2 players left to act.