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Poker Articles

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The Delayed Continuation Bet

Poker Helper, Jun 2007

When you raise preflop and miss, you can follow your preflop raise with a bet on the flop. As long as the pot is shorthanded postflop and your opponents aren’t too tricky and aggressive, this bet should take the pot down a good chunk of the time. This bet, in which you bet when you miss the flop after having raised preflop, is called a continuation bet. The continuation bet is an important weapon in your poker-playing arsenal, but that doesn’t mean that you should always use it.

An alternative to the continuation bet is the delayed continuation bet. The idea is that you check on the flop and then bet on the turn. When you are out of position, the betting pattern goes check/check on the flop, and then you come out firing a bullet on the turn. When you are in position, the betting goes check/check on the flop, and if your opponent checks to you on the turn, then you fire a bullet. Against tight, predictable opponents, the delayed continuation bet can be more profitable than a regular continuation bet. To see this process in action, let’s dissect a hand.
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