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March 25, 2025 20 mins

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"The Art of Poker Bet Sizing" is your essential guide to mastering one of poker's most critical and often undervalued skills: bet sizing. This podcast delves deep into the nuances of how to effectively size your bets to maximize your win rate and become a more formidable player.

Listeners will learn to move beyond basic bet sizing rules and develop a dynamic, adaptable strategy tailored to every hand and opponent. We explore the fundamental factors that should drive your betting decisions, including understanding your opponent's likely range of hands, the texture and connectivity of the board, and the effective stack depth.

Key topics covered will include:

  • Distinguishing between betting for value and betting to induce folds, and how your sizing should reflect these goals.
  • Applying the power of "The One Question" on the flop to determine the optimal bet size for value and information.
  • Mastering river bet sizing by considering the "inverse" and employing strategies like thin value bets and blocker bets.
  • Understanding the crucial roles of nut advantage and range advantage in guiding your bet sizing decisions.
  • Developing a balanced betting strategy across all streets by using similar bet sizes for both value hands and bluffs to become unpredictable.
  • Adjusting your bet sizing dynamically to exploit your opponents' tendencies and extract maximum value.
  • Navigating the strategic considerations of bet sizing based on board texture and range connectivity.
  • Understanding how stack depth influences your bet sizing decisions on the flop and later streets.
  • Exploring advanced concepts like the "Small Game" and "Big Game" of flop betting, and the strategic use of overbets.
  • Making necessary adjustments to your bet sizing strategy when playing tournaments versus cash games, considering factors like ICM and varying stack depths.

"The Art of Poker Bet Sizing" will provide you with the insights and practical knowledge needed to sharpen your edge, increase your win rate, and unlock a deeper understanding of this vital aspect of poker strategy for long-term success.


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