Lesson overview
Four-Bet Pots
Small stacks behind, narrow ranges ahead
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You put in a four-bet with kings. Does that commit you on every flop?
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You four-bet kings to 24bb from a 100bb stack. A small flop bet can set up a turn shove, but an ace-high board still demands a range decision.
What you’ll learn
- Reconstruct pot size and effective SPR accurately
- Compare narrow ranges across different boards
- Plan small bets, checks, and all-ins without automatic stack-offs
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Count the chips once
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Use each player’s total preflop contribution, plus dead money. Here, 24 + 24 + 0.5 = 48.5bb. From a 100bb start, 76bb remains: SPR ≈ 1.57. Use the smaller remaining stack. Earlier raises are already inside the 24bb; adding them again invents money.
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Let ranges choose the plan
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Kings on Q-7-2 and kings on A-7-2 occupy different places against the same narrow range. Identify worse hands that call, better hands that fold, and credible bluffs before betting or calling. A small bet can build stacks-in geometry while a check preserves useful bluff-catchers. Neither action follows automatically from being the four-bettor.
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