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I'm just trying to get a feel for when to CR. I don't feel I've been doing it enough so maybe you guys can help point out where I should are shouldn't be c-raising.

1. Villain 70.59/52.94, opens 93.3 % of buttons, cbets 55% 119hands.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1.00 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BTN/SB: $99.00
Hero (BB): $414.90

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 5 6
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.00) T J K (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $4, Hero raises to $16

2. Villain is TAGish 40/31 and cbets 80%. It seems like I don't want the pot to get out of control... but also seems way to weak. I seem to get in the habbit of check calling these types of hands. Any suggestions?

Poker Stars $0.50/$1.00 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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BTN/SB: $134.80
Hero (BB): $124.50

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with Q T
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.00) T 8 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $5, Hero calls $5

3. Villain 48/20, 62/35 from sb, cbets 40% (small sample). How much does stack size play into this cr decision? Do I want to semi bluff more b/c of less implied odds? If you don't cr 86 would you cr T8? How much does having a bd fd play into a cr decision like this?

Poker Stars $0.50/$1.00 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players
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Hero (BB): $253.60
BTN/SB: $67.00

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 8 6
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.00) 9 7 K (2 players)
Hero checks

4. Short session v. TAG. CR on brds likely to have missed both of us. He knows she knows situations... worth a shot or better to just give up?

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BTN/SB: $97.05
Hero (BB): $156.35

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with J K
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.00) 2 2 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $3, Hero raises to $12


5. Paired brd w/ draw: villain is Laggy pf and calms down post flop only cbetting 50% or so. Given the stack sizes, I got to fold, right? My main focus is the cr itself? What about cr sizing, you guys like 12 or 14?

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BTN/SB: $86.90
Hero (BB): $135.70

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with T J
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.00) 8 9 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $4, Hero raises to $14, BTN/SB raises to $33

1st hand - bad board texture to c/r. This guy won't fold a thing.

2. This one I might c/r from time to time. The guy is c-betting a TON so you figure to have the best hand and he will definitely be paranoid and call you down or stack off with worse hands. KT I always c/r.

3. BD flush draw, T8 vs 68, no difference. I would c/r him very infrequently here because you risk getting 3-bet off your draw. I would call, and if I miss everything (including pairs), I would just try to take it on the river.

4. This is fine from time to time. You could also just call the flop with K high likely being the best hand.

5. Size is fine, def fold, you can also lead these flops, especially against someone c-betting only 1/2 the time.

1st hand - bad board texture to c/r. This guy won't fold a thing.

2. This one I might c/r from time to time. The guy is c-betting a TON so you figure to have the best hand and he will definitely be paranoid and call you down or stack off with worse hands. KT I always c/r.

3. BD flush draw, T8 vs 68, no difference. I would c/r him very infrequently here because you risk getting 3-bet off your draw. I would call, and if I miss everything (including pairs), I would just try to take it on the river.

4. This is fine from time to time. You could also just call the flop with K high likely being the best hand.

5. Size is fine, def fold, you can also lead these flops, especially against someone c-betting only 1/2 the time.

I pretty much agree with all of these, although the KT/QT distinction is obviously kind of arbitrary.

For hand 1, the reason that check/raise here is bad is not only because he won't fold any piece of this board to one raise, but mathematically a board like KJT w/ FD is one of the most likely board textures for him to have a hand that won't fold to a checkraise on, so it's one of the worst boards to checkraise as an outright bluff.

Hand 3, another reason why c/c is preferable to c/r is because he'll float a flop checkraise here pretty often with a gutshot or a pair of 9's putting you on all the gutshots or straight draws on this board.

Hand 4, I almost never make this check/raise but it's a style preference really, and it matters a lot less against bad-mediocre players than it does against good ones.

DOGISHEAD (this is elphoenix from IRC) - on Hand 4 w/ KJ given you call preflop, do you typically just muck to the cbet if you're playing a solid, good player? I generally feel like vs bad players or those who know you don't have much but will still fold, a c/r is pretty good, but vs. good players you're going to get called so often or 3bet off that a c/r is generally worse. That being said, what kind of line are you taking postflop in hand 4 vs a more solid opponent?

Honestly, it really really depends on the player and your c/r history. There are players against whom I'd be c/ring that flop just because they wouldn't 3-bet it or float it enough as a bluff and KJ has good outs against all of his calling range. Against most players though, I would personally either call or fold and put nothing in my flop C/R range except for say 88+ and straight draws.