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By Alex Fitzgerald, Featured Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your continuation bet got called on the flop. Now, what do you do? This situation comes up all the time. Yet, strangely, people don\u2019t really prepare for it. A lot of players aren\u2019t sure quite what to do when they pre-flop raise an excellent hand (say AK), miss on the flop, dutifully continuation bet, and get called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will hear poker players say this all the time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI bet the ace on the turn, because that\u2019s good for my range.\u201d  That\u2019s true, but if your opponent doesn\u2019t fold her pair, then who cares? Furthermore, it might be good for your range, but it could be better for her range. Have you thought of that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider the Caller’s Position<\/strong> When You Continuation Bet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s break things down more simply. Not all turns are created equal. If you raise from the button and the big blind calls, you are dealing with 30 to 50% of hands. If you raise from the hijack and a tight regular on the button calls, you are dealing with 6% of hands. Obviously, you should double barrel much more often versus the big blind, as opposed to the button. The big blind will have more terrible hands that they will consider folding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it a Multiway Pot?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you raise and get called by two players, it\u2019s more likely that one of them will have hit something on the flop. In multiway pots, it\u2019s far more likely that someone has a pair. You can bluff at a hit-or-miss board in a multiway pot. If the board is J-2-2 you can take a shot at it. However, if someone calls you on the flop, it is likely they have a pocket pair and they are not folding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are Your Opponents’ Likely Holdings?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To put things as simply as possible, when people call you on the flop they generally have a pair. Poker players don\u2019t like folding pairs. You have probably lost a lot of money in the past trying to get players to fold pairs. It\u2019s not impossible to get people to fold pairs, but if most of their pairs are fairly decent, they are less likely to want to fold them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you bet on the flop, people traditionally will fold their high cards, call with their pairs, and raise their great value hands so they can make more money. If you get called on the flop you can generally assume you are up against pairs. The most likely pairs for your opponent to have, combination wise, are pairs that match cards on the board. By that I mean, if the flop is something like K-10-2, they are more likely to have a 10 in their hand than something like pocket sevens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what should you do when someone calls your continuation bet on the flop?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n