When is a continuation bet actually worth making?

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When is a continuation bet actually worth making?

I'm someone that strongly believes that being aggressive is the way to go, but of course there are a lot of factors that should be considered - like position, number of opponents, your hand strength etc... so my default is to C-bet pretty much all the time * especially heads-up and/or in position...
 
Most of the time.

You also want to consider the board composition, how it hits your opponents range, and how it hits your perceived range.
 
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The continuation bet is mandatory. And if it doesn't, they can connect you to low-Rank cards. If you get paid you can now get a better reading of your opponent and we start playing. Of course, not all hands are played the same way, but you can't let them connect you to marginal cards.
 
I think a continuation bet is worth making when the flop favors your range and you can realistically get folds. I also consider board texture and position—there’s no need to c-bet every flop just because you raised preflop. Sometimes checking is the better play.
 
If we are the PFR in position and it checks to us, a c-bet is always on option. Not that we should be doing it 100% but we can consider it 100%. The dumber the Villain, the more we can c-bet, sometimes even 100% but be careful on super wet flops. Against a smarter Villain who knows that our c-bet is often a bluff, c-bet the flops that hit our range better more, flops with A and or K on them, and crappy 937 type flops less. Paired flops are always a strong candidate for a c-bet.
 
If it hits my range, my hand, or my perceived range I'm probably going for it.

Very player dependant though. If you know their fold to cbet freq that changes a lot
 
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