Do CENTS matter?

J Chap · #1 11-18-2005, 04:49 PM

do CENTS matter?

Hey, as long as I'm making confessions, I'd also like to confess that I lazily bet in increments of $1.

...Which, seeing as I'm loitering around the NL 25's these days, doesn't seem prudent. I'm essentially only betting 4xBB, 8xBB, 12xBB, etc...

Is it worth the time/effort to type in ".85" instead of "1" for the sake of making a more precise/appropriate bet?

Continued thanks for your thoughts,
J Chap

srm80 · #2 11-18-2005, 04:54 PM

at 25NL I play at 3 tables so I just have my finger by the 1 so I can just hit raise and move on to the next table. 4XBB is my standard raise at 25 and 50NL

lautzutao · #3 11-18-2005, 04:54 PM

I actually type out the cents. But I'm incredibly anal. In the long run it doesn't matter.

Morrek · #4 11-18-2005, 05:01 PM

Sometimes it feels weird to bet 1$ into 0.5$, but I'm usually too lazy to type 0.5 or 0.75 anyway... it does get better at higher stakes though as you probably know

djoyce003 · #5 11-18-2005, 05:03 PM

I type them in just because I want to bet $1.5 into a $1.5 pot or something..i don't want to bet $2 to win $1.5....remember that is 1bb at the 50 NL tables and if you are planning on folding to a raise or something that is 1 bb that you didn't have to lose.

Galilee · #6 11-18-2005, 05:03 PM

I just started playing NL25 on Stars, and my standard pre-flop raise is 4BB: $1 ... and all post-flop bets are rounded to the nearest $ too ... but then I'm in the habit of not using the slider - just banging in the bet with the keypad and hitting enter. Much more satisfying than using the mouse.

However, I add 50c to my raises for every pre-flop limper, so I'm not quite as bad as you. Can't see the point of bets like .55 or .85 though ...

srm80 · #7 11-18-2005, 05:19 PM

you know what is fun though, is sometimes making it a weird number, like 0.76 cents, or betting 2.87 into a 3.00 pot. makes you think...

makes you think what is this idiot doing!

guaranteedBluff · #8 11-18-2005, 05:22 PM

no. Is there quench-poke tonite?

J Chap · #9 11-18-2005, 05:40 PM

yeah, NH, everyone. nice family pot.

i should probably at least lower my threshold to .50 (still 2xBB).

the main issue is that flop pot that's like $1 or $2.

i think 1.50 is way more useful than 2.

Galilee · #10 11-18-2005, 05:57 PM

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you know what is fun though, is sometimes making it a weird number, like 0.76 cents, or betting 2.87 into a 3.00 pot. makes you think...

makes you think what is this idiot doing!

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I wonder if the pros who play NL2000 ever make weird bets of $76 or $287 into a $300 pot ...