Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Some opponents play very honestly after you continuation-bet.
Some opponents play very honestly after you continuation-bet. They raise every time they hit the flop and fold every time they miss. Against these players, be more willing to continuation-bet for a smaller amount of chips, as you want to get the information as cheaply as possible. You can make this adjustment because you have little fear of your opponent adjusting and playing back at you. Again, you must be confident in your read because if you think a player will never try to outplay you, yet he somehow seems to raise every time you continuation-bet, you will find yourself spewing a lot of chips.
To sum this all up, when you think your opponent has a weak hand,
To sum this all up, when you think your opponent has a weak hand, unless you have a hand that is very strong and not susceptible to bad turn cards, you should bet and just pick up the pot. Any time you have a weak hand on a flop that could have easily hit your range or missed your opponent’s range, you should bet. Check only when the board is very bad for you or you plan to check-call down with a hand like top pair, bad kicker. Even then, you should bet from time to time. Continuation-bet often and you will see your stack constantly rising. Most players will wonder how you always have chips. It is because they let you steal from them with no showdown throughout the tournament.