C-Bets in Position With the Pros
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The continuation bet in position is an essential part of any poker player��s armoury. You��re got the pot head up pre flop and now it��s been checked over to you on the flop. PokerNews watched as two PokerStars professionals on table 19 showed what to do when it doesn��t quite work out.
Ivan Demidov raised on the button to 2,000, the small blind folded but Mandus Ihnen defended his big blind and made the call. The flop was 
. Ihnen checked and Demidov continued with a bet of 2,500. Ihnen made the call. The turn was 
. Ihnen checked and Demidov checked behind. The river was the 
which didn��t really change anything. A last check from Ihnen and Demidov saw now value in betting and checked. Ihnen showed 
and won a small pot.
A few hands later at the same table Jamila Von Perger raised under the gun for 2,200 and was called in the gun by Toni Dieguez. The flop was 
Dieguez checked and Von Perger made a continuation bet of 2,400 which Dieguez called. Thet both checked the turn 
and when the came on the river Dieguez looked like he was thinking of betting but eventually put his chips back and called. He turned over 
and bottom pair was good. Again Von Perger lost just a small pot.