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Ok, so one of the biggest ways of making money in live poker is simple C-betting when you're in position...I seem to make a ton doing this. But I've had a few spots where it seems kind of tricky when deciding whether to C-bet or not, and here is one of them.

Playing £1-£2, I'm sitting with approx £800 and am dealt T T in CO. Everyone limps to me and I make it £15. Every single player at the table calls. So we go 9-handed to a flop with £135 in the pot.

Flop is Q 8 2

It's checked to me.
No-one seems particularly interested in this flop, but there's a mix of good players and beginner players, so someone could easily be planning a check-raise with a set. Stack sizes vary from £100 to £1k.

So is this a board where you'd C-bet?
My thinking at the time was, that I'd be betting if I had AA/KK/AQ, so maybe I should. The only problem being, if someone calls, they MUST have a Queen or better, and I'm way behind, right? Surely no one would call with A-8 in this situation?

This WOULD be a perfect board to cbet if it we're like 3, maybe even 4 way. 9 handed the likelihood that someone spiked a queen is pretty high. Plus with the pot so immensely bloated you'd have to cbet around 70 for it to be half pot bet.

I think this is a check, maybe c/c if some random bets out small enough(like 15).

what online stake would you say is equivalent to 1/2 live?
And i wouldn`t cbet 10`s, hard for everyone to miss this flop.

Yeah don't cbet into 8 people bra!

Yeah don't cbet into 8 people bra!

why not? whats your plan? c/f? this seems like a standard c bet to me.

Pretty sure I'd be checking back here all the time.

Pretty sure I'd be checking back here all the time.

but why? whats your plan for the hand then?

The plan is to hit a set on the turn.

why not? whats your plan? c/f? this seems like a standard c bet to me.

I don't think any hand that goes 9 to the flop is standard. Plan is to check it down or fold unimproved imo.

why not? whats your plan? c/f? this seems like a standard c bet to me.

I think I'd be far more interested in your plan considering it is far from standard.

I think I'd be far more interested in your plan considering it is far from standard.

I can't even stove this.
I tried to put in 10/10, gave 4 guys any pair, any suited, any broadway, the other 4 randoms.
stove spits out nonsense symbols, and wants to explode.

So if your hand breaks pokerstove, the plan is checking and folding.

Hahaha

Qx hits a lot of calling ranges.

I can't even stove this.
I tried to put in 10/10, gave 4 guys any pair, any suited, any broadway, the other 4 randoms.
stove spits out nonsense symbols, and wants to explode.

So if your hand breaks pokerstove, the plan is checking and folding.

I think I'd be far more interested in your plan considering it is far from standard.

I would normally try and take 1 stab here and check back the turn unimproved re evaluate the board texture on the river? I'm not saying this play is superior by any means but there is 135 in there.