The Continuation Bet versus weak players - Out of Position

There used to be a time when a continuation bet (c-bet) meant one thing – a strong hand. 

Then, along came a man in a peaked green cap, called Dan Harrington, and everything changed. Harrington wrote a series of books that are arguably one of the most read and digested pieces of poker literature in the world – the Harrington on Hold’em series.

Ever since the Harrington of Hold’em series was created, players have been c-betting more often than not, but in today’s modern poker games, what exactly is the best way to approach your c-betting strategy? Here is the best way to approach weak players when forced to play out of position.

With unconnected Broadway or ace high flops, you want to be betting 80-90% of the time. On the times that an ace or king flops, and we get called, we will be double-barrelling the turn about 25% of the time. These c-bets will force folds from a lot of the stubborn weak-tight players.

On connected flops where we have missed completely, it depends on image. If we have been winning a lot of hands, we bet 85% of the time. If we have a weak image, then this reduced to 55%.

If you have picked up on a player who likes to raise the unconnected flops for information, then a great play is to three-bet on the flop and fire again on the turn as this is a very strong line. 

On paired boards, a really effective line, is to actually check-call the flop and bet the turn. If the action checks through on the flop also lead the turn.

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