{"id":1645,"date":"2019-01-21T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.coinpoker.com\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2019-01-21T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T10:35:56","slug":"no-mercy-continuation-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/no-mercy-continuation-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"NoMercy Monday: The Continuation Bet"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this strategy series, CoinPoker\u2019s Chief Community Manager and pro poker player Isabelle \u201cNoMercy\u201d Mercier walks you through the basics of the game. Each No Mercy Monday comes with expert advice on how to play, \u00a0and it all starts with starting hands.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knowing how to play your starting hands, understanding the notion of position, and the art of bluffing are three of the most important concepts in No Limit Hold\u2019em strategy.<\/p>\n

Last week we introduced a new poker strategy topic:\u00a0adopting an<\/strong>\u00a0aggressive poker style<\/strong><\/a>. We will continue to explore the importance of being aggressive in poker by covering when and how to make use of the continuation bet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Understanding the Continuation Bet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When your opponents retreat\u00a0into their shells, they become easier to read when they finally come out to call or to raise you.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last week we saw why being aggressive is a winning style of play in poker. When your opponents retreat\u00a0into their shells, they become easier to read when they finally come out to call or to raise you.<\/p>\n

But there are other reasons why being aggressive is so much better than being passive, and one of them is direct access to a powerful weapon called the \u201ccontinuation bet<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

When you are the pre-flop raiser, everyone will be inclined to check after you on the flop, giving you a wide range of options, including this legendary continuation bet.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you’re in middle position holding \"\"\"\"\u00a0and you are facing a standard raise. You could choose to fold, call, or raise (a fold here is probably not the best play unless there are specific factors coming into play). For the purpose of this example, let\u2019s say that your opponent holds \"\"\"\".<\/p>\n

Suppose that you decide to simply call his raise and the flop is \"\"\"\"\"\".<\/p>\n

What will you do when your opponent bets on that flop? Will you call to see what he does on the next street? Will you raise to see if he really has something? Will you simply fold because you did not really connect?<\/p>\n

Chances are that your opponent will check with his \"\"\"\" on this flop, giving you the green light to make a continuation bet.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, suppose that instead of calling, you decided to 3-bet before the flop. Chances are that your opponent will check with his \"\"\"\" on this flop, giving you the green light to make a continuation bet.<\/p>\n

It would be difficult for him to try to bluff you from this spot since you were pretty aggressive before the flop, representing a powerful hand. He might even be scared if there was a\u00a0\"\" on the flop because of his \"\" kicker!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the power of the continuation bet, hence the old saying, \u201cif you cannot raise, don\u2019t play the hand\u201d.<\/p>\n

Join me twice a week in the Hubble Bubble tournaments to practice<\/strong>
\nyour skills and try to win my 10,000 CHP bounty!<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Isabelle \u201cNo Mercy\u201d Mercier<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this strategy series, CoinPoker\u2019s Chief Community Manager and pro poker player Isabelle \u201cNoMercy\u201d Mercier walks you through the basics of the game. Each No Mercy Monday comes with expert advice on how to play, \u00a0and it all starts with starting hands. *** Knowing how to play your starting hands, understanding the notion of position, … NoMercy Monday: The Continuation Bet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[75,87,92,122,125,130,131],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-isabelle-mercier","tag-mtt-strategy","tag-nomercy","tag-poker-hand-strength","tag-poker-odds","tag-poker-strategy","tag-poker-tournament-strategy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinpoker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}