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In this short blog I’m going to give you some free tips on a topic that I don’t think receives as much attention as it deserves, bet-sizing. Players that bet-size well make the most when they have the best hand and lose the least when bluffing with the worst.

When choosing a bet size pre or post flop it’s very important you get your sizings correct. As often in poker, there is no correct answer, but there are a lot of things to consider. Hopefully this article might help some of you squeeze a few more chips out of your pots going forward, which is vital in tournament poker; especially big-field MTT’s like the Goliath – where chip accumulation is vital.

Play the player

Your opponent is one of the main things to consider. Are you dealing with a high level player, semi-pro, or a fun player? You need to make a decision based on all the evidence presented in front of you before you choose what size to go for.

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Preflop

Let’s start with a preflop example. The button opens to 2k at 500/1k blinds off 50k stack, we have the same 50k stack and are in the SB with AA. We decide to 3bet for obvious value. Now comes the decision on how to size and now you should be classifying your opponent.

Against a strong regular (generally online midstakes or highstakes live player) that will play GTO (game theory optimal) ill choose to 3bet to around 8k-9k, reasons being we would want to use the same sizing we would if we were 3bet bluffing with a hand like KTo or A2/A3 etc. The main point being is that we don’t want to give the good player a good price in position so we would size all of our hands the same (nuts and value) in order to be balanced.

Against a loose fun player id 3bet to between 5000 and 5500, because I want the call. Balancing vs a loose fun player is not a concern to us, as they won’t realise were skewed to always having value in this spot against them. If I see that this player is incredibly sticky, ill 3bet bigger, trying to find the sweet spot to get as much money in preflop as I’m certain they will call.

Postflop

We raise to 2k off 50k stack at 500/1k blinds with QKsuited in spades and the big blind defends of an identical stack. 4k in the pot and the flop is

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When we are betting we need to pick what size and the player and board texture is the most important. If we are playing against a weak and passive player we would want to bet small.

We very rarely face a check raise and can easily fold our backdoor equity if we are check raised vs said player. Vs an aggressive player we want to bet a bigger size if his check raise frequency is higher to small cbets, which a lot of aggressive amateurs frequencies are. The GTO size would be between 25-30% of the pot.

The best hand

When we know we have the best hand its important to maximise value. For example, it’s the middle of the day at the Goliath. You look down at the wonderful AA, raise 2.5BB preflop from UTG and 4 loose players call including both blinds (all players have 60bb).

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The flop is K55 rainbow, you cbet 9bb into 13.5bb and both the small and big blind call. The turn is an Ace completing the rainbow and is checked through the blinds, you check back.

The river is a 2. The SB player bets 10bb into 40.5bb and is called by the BB. In this instance your bet-sizing on the river is extremely critical. There is 60bb in the pot, you have roughly 50bb back.

This is a clear situation where one or both players could easily have a 5 and you have almost certainly the best hand. Don’t get fancy and minimum raise, maximise your value and go all-in! There is a good chance all 5x hands will call you, especially in a tournament like the Goliath. Fun players don’t like folding big hands!

Exploit vs GTO

Whilst GTO is used at the cutting edge of poker, its important to realise 95% of players at this year’s Goliath will be nowhere near that level of sophistication. If you think your opponent is weak-tight and will give up easily and missed the flop (and you are bluffing), bet small, if you think they are a huge calling station and you have a nut hand, bomb the pot!

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Before I begin, I must say just how fortunate me and my girlfriend are. For the last 3 years of the Goliath, we’ve been able to stay with friends in Warwick for the full duration of the festival, saving us hundreds of pounds. This allows us to be able to play a lot more events than most people and affords us a few days off poker once we’ve got through Day 1 (fingers crossed!).
Now even if we were to spend every waking hour of our time at the Grosvenor Casino in Coventry, we simply wouldn’t be able to play all of the events the Goliath has to offer. There is a lot of overlap between events, so we have chosen the tournaments that appeal to us most.

So without further ado:

The National 25/50 £50,000 Gtd – We’ve got some unfinished business here! Jen finished 9th for £2,000 last year while I came 28th for £700. I feel a lot of people miss out on this event but for me, this is where the Goliath really begins!

Redtooth Big One £25,000 Gtd – Missed out on this last year but am not going to do the same again this year! A good 1-day structure that falls nicely between Day 1 and Day 2 of the 25/50. Cannot wait!

The GOLIATH Main Event – I’m on a mission this year: MAKE DAY 2! I’ve never managed it and am quickly falling behind Jen’s best ever finish at 39th place for £1,595! We’re playing our first Day 1 on Monday 29th July (Day 1C) and hoping that it doesn’t get too expensive getting to our Day 2 goal!

Cash Games – 24 hour cash games running all week long, what’s not to love?! At it’s peak, THE GOLIATH has has 40+ cash tables running at once and I’m planning on getting a lot more involved this year!

So that’s our plan for week. There are a number of other great events on during the GOLIATH but it will just depend on how the above tournaments go as to whether we get to play them or not.

I’d like to think we’d get to play at least a few of the following, in addition to the games we already have planned:
– Flip and Goes
– All-in or Fold tournaments
– Win The Button
– Tag Team
– Super High Roller?!?!
(Weird they have a Super High Roller, but not a High Roller…)

Either way, I’ll be blogging throughout the event so make sure you follow my blogs by either liking my Facebook page or by submitting your e-mail on the homepage!

Please stay tuned for upcoming blogs posts coming straight from THE GOLIATH 2019!