This vid is worth checking out still to this day:

.....c-betting/

Thanks for your replies, will be trying it out. What about when you have a draw, and bet 1/3- 1/4 as a Cbet? Also if I have an overpair, and bet more like 50-67% on a wetflop, isnt that exploitable when the rest of the time I am betting 33-40%?

It's exploitable to opponents who are awake, but some of your opponents aren't awake.

Even so, I think the general way around this is to vary your raise sizes somewhat randomly, not completely randomly, but randomly enough to confuse most opponents.  E.g. 80% of the time make the raise size you believe to be optimal and 20% of the time make a somewhat random raise size.  Although this isn't optimal under game theory, the advantage that you gain by being less exploitable is greater than the loss you lose by 20% of the time making a slightly suboptimal raise amount. 

Something else to keep in mind here is that small ball is designed to be played as a certain "style". Therefore, even while it has been adopted as a pretty standard raise sizing, not a lot of people have the deep understanding of it that Negreneau explains in his book. It's a great way to play for stealing, it actually works quite well.

What you want to watch for though, is that a lot of players who are way too tight are still adopting this bet sizing. If you come across someone who is a nit, you can abuse him quite well by floating the flop and betting if he shuts down on the turn. It also goes the other way, where some guys use this small bet to open their ranges wide open, and flatting them in position starts to become very profitable, because they will just miss way too many flops for them to fire constantly. Negreneau actually talked about this min raise technique in one of his podcasts, and thanked players for doing it... it's supposedly quite easy to exploit vs a large % of players. 

It won't take long to get used to the min raise.. I would guess you will even adopt it soon enough because of how well it just works.

Good post. Ed Miller also advocates keeping the pot small on earlier streets to leave room for later when your equity is higher and you have more hand reading info.

 

Another point about small c-bets is that they are usually used on dry flops. If the flop is AT4rb then a 1/3 pot c-bet is probably gonna get the job done whereas you may wanna bet bigger on QT7 with a flush draw or if the pot is multiway.

I agree with this except I don't think you need to be cbetting on wet boards in multiway pots.  Although I do see people habitually doing so, I think it's better to save your chips.  If you didn't hit that board in a multiway pot, it's likely one of your opponents smashed it.

Another point about small c-bets is that they are usually used on dry flops. If the flop is AT4rb then a 1/3 pot c-bet is probably gonna get the job done whereas you may wanna bet bigger on QT7 with a flush draw or if the pot is multiway.

Can someone give me a good link (here or somewhere else) about the theory/strategy behind minraising as a standard raise, and about the small continuation bets (33-40%) that seem to now be standard?

Also when I used to play, 3betting and 4 betting light were becoming standard, but I am sure things have moved on from there, what's the current take on how things have evolved, especially on this topic?

Thanks in advance,

Authorfre aka Thirstyboots