My Flop C-Bet Strategy

It's time to start making resolutions, so why don't you resolve to improve your flop c-betting strategy this year! Phil breaks down the intricacies of how best to understand the concepts behind optimal play instead of just trying to memorize what a solver would do in various flop c-betting scenarios. If this helps and you find some new approaches from watching, subscribe to the channel for more (if you haven't already)!

00:00 Phil's Flop C-Bet Strategy
01:16 Phil vs. Solver in Flop C-Betting Strategy
02:12 Understanding the Concepts Behind Optimal Play is Key
05:07 Getting Your Flop C-Bet Strategy Absolutely Perfect Doesn't Help You Unless You Play it Absolutely Perfectly Too
06:36 Trying to Build Your Strategy Through Memorization is a Hopeless Effort
07:36 Applying Human Logic to Solver Outputs

My Flop C-Bet Strategy
Producer: Thomas Deming-Henes
Post Producer: Anne Johnson
Music: Epidemic Sound
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"Bruiser" by Bonkers Beat Club

[dwarner]

Loving this style of content. As an options trader, we were taught to construct a thesis to be reviewed before every trade and subsequently reviewing how the trade went and why. As a 20 year poker player, most solver work I have put in over the years, I could not produce proof of work/reasons of how I arrived at my decision (to Phil’s point) if asked. This is one thing that I think we all struggle with. Most students of courses would fail when asked to produce written proof of work. Relying on memorization is not the way to go and videos like this show us we are not alone in these struggles lol. Great topic!

[moyssy]

Really enjoy your content, feels wise, calm and humble. Wish you all the best for 2023.

[Eric-tjtg]

Thanks Phil, as always.
For me, videos where you play and explain as you play, especially NL, would be great to watch and learn.

[TakenGTs]

Man this video is probably the most useful Poker tips video on YouTube... Nothing but valuable information... I started playing poker for free at the beginning of the year, I have studied a ton too... And after all that I realized poker in a nutshell is just c bets & reads lol knowing what boards too c bet what to check or raise and the bet sizes on those textures...

[roycereece]

I really enjoyed this video. The concept reminded me of piece sacrifices in chess. The actual sacrifice move can be a great move but only if followed up by the rest of the sequence. Otherwise the move was a blunder and you just gave away a piece.

As for future content, I would appreciate more multiway live concepts. Maybe what factors influence play with more players. Multiway is difficult to get from solvers still so getting some heuristics would be helpful.

[j.sarnak]

The "pitch" is a little better! Be more assertive! I know some will attempt to disagree, but this video perfectly explains why as training aids improve, we still only have a small percentage of people who will get max value. I think learning in "concepts" or in the "why" something works is much better than memorizing. Thanks for the content Phil!

[jackryan]

Make more no limit videos. Really enjoy the information you put out. Your insight and knowledge helps me grow.

I think a combination of game theory and exploitative works the best. If I had to choose one it would be exploiting my opponents weaknesses.

To put it simply identify the players who over call and to overfold. Target the ones who overfold by bluffing them at a higher frequency. Same with the ones who over call; bluff them less value bet them more.

Of course poker isn't black and white as the truth lies in the gray area, the fine detail.

Understanding when people begin to adapt is important. Sometimes players will come to the realization that you're not bluffing them and they will start to fold more to you than they otherwise normally would have before. That's why adjustments are very important.

If you aren't consciously aware then you should be leaving the table. After a certain length of time passes my conscious thinking becomes less and less as the brain has been working for 8 hours it becomes almost a liability rather than an asset.

The goal should always be to play your A game like you've attested to in prior videos

[MDKdogma]

Really enjoyed this video. Something I'm trying to dive into is validating/fact-checking the "human logic/theory" that one might come up with after reviewing solver outputs. Feels like such an undertaking! Thanks for taking the time, as usual!

[vladimirelgrande]

Thank you Phil for tons of valuable explanations.
And a happy New Year!

[talksomenoise]

Best poker videos I've seen. Finally someone who is more open and straight forward about the nuance of poker. It can't be mastered by memorizing a bunch of information without context of how to use that information in each situation. This is why I never bought into GTO. A person could never memorize all the possible solutions to a given situation, and if you could why the hell are you playing poker go out and solve the cancer problem or world hunger. Keep up the great videos and I will continue to like and recommend them to all I know.

[DangerD]

Enjoying the videos, keep doing what you are doing. I think you can make this channel big, especially with the increased video frequency.

[Lukas-qfuh]

I'm new to poker and already hooked, and I've been looking around for content creators trying to get a sense of who seems to know what they're talking about (tough to do when you're brand new at something!)

I knew your content was the stuff to study when I heard your reservations about AI technology and pure statistical approach to poker (and in other areas of life generally). It will make you think and act mechanically- precisely what makes you vulnerable in a people reading game like poker.

[edwardkain]

Love “then why can’t they beat me?” Fair question/point but doesn’t mean I didn’t lol

Would love a c bet strategy by board time or just a board time discussion.

You are the man!

[NSUCarlos]

Appreciate the content man, keep up the great work

[stephanie]

New to your channel... nice set up! Your thumbnail designs are beautiful... tight typography. Anyway, I'm also loving your content!

[Ironfrog-dmyf]

Amazing content! I remember watching your HUNL content when I started back in the day. You playing someone called something like luckexpress comes to mind, I loved your vids then and still do

[borg]

This video was truly great and summed up what's important in studying and why. I just wish it had a better title because in a year I'll never know it really isn't about c-bet strategy when I'll go over videos in consideration of what to rewatch 😺😺

[jack]

excellent insight, looking forward to your elaborations on some comments you made about which hands get two streets, three streets etc

[mazevedo]

Literally the best free poker content out there thanks Phil

[Tsunami-]

Excellent insight, appreciate the video. Looking forward to more, thank you very much!