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Message: [QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6572302, member: 397965"] I have mainly been playing tournaments for the past 3-4 years, and there small bet sizes are very common. But I can definitely see, how most players in a 2NL cash game would go larger, if they had a made hand like top pair. So maybe you had a good read here and used it to your advantage on the river. A small flop bet can also work as a kind of reverse blocker bet. The idea being, that if the opponent just call, then they usually check the turn, and then the in position player can check back and basically get to see both the turn and river for the price of one small bet. Whereas if the in position player check back flop, they might have to call a larger turn bet or alternatively fold and give up their equity. Or the in position player can put the hammer down on the turn and force the out of position player to fold a lot of weak hands, that called on the flop due to the small sizing. Small flop bets are used a lot by solvers and are sometimes referred to as "downbetting". This one I still disagree with. The T could definitely have hit either player in the blinds, since it makes a lot of sense to not lead out with second pair in a multiway 3-bet pot but also not fold to a small bet. So top pair or even an overpair should definitely check back this turn. But of course if he dont have top pair or overpairs in his range, because he would have played them different on the earlier streets, then his check looks very much like a draw or weak made hand wanting to see the last card for free. A flopped straight or turned trips should not check back and give two opponents a free card. Well done then (y) With two opponents in the hand, a paired board and not much stack left behind, this is not a spot, where a draw can profitably fire the second barrel on the turn. So line wise I think, your opponent played his hand well. But the problem for him was, that he used unbalanced sizing on the flop, which you picked up on, and this allowed you to exploit him on the river. [/QUOTE]

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