C‑bet Quiz: 6 Flop and Turn Betting Decisions
This c‑bet quiz puts you in 6 continuation-bet decisions, on the flop and then the turn: should you bet, and how much? Every spot changes texture, from a dry board to a monotone one, from ace-high to top pair with a draw. Pick your size, read the explanation, then keep the rules in the chart: they decide the size, not the strength of your hand alone.
The quiz
Answer key
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- Button, A♠Q♣, flop K♠ 7♦ 2♣, the big blind checks — small bet (a quarter pot). On a dry king-high flop your range has more kings than the big blind's: a frequent small c‑bet is enough, and A‑Q keeps a backdoor straight draw.
- Cutoff, A♥A♦, flop Q♠ 9♠ 8♣, the big blind checks — medium bet (60% pot). On such a connected board many turns shrink your lead: charge the draws while the aces are far ahead.
- Cutoff, A♥K♣, flop Q♥ 9♥ 3♥, the big blind checks — small bet (a third pot). On a monotone flop you bet small; the ace of hearts blocks the opponent's nut flush, and you hold the nut flush draw yourself.
- Cutoff, A♠Q♠, board Q♣ 8♦ 4♠ then 2♠, flop c‑bet called — big bet (120% pot). Top pair plus the nut flush draw: the big bet charges weaker queens and draws, and you keep plenty of equity if raised.
- Button, J♥T♥, flop A♣ K♠ 5♥ checked through, turn 9♥ — three-quarter pot. The turn adds a flush draw to your gutshot: a big semi-bluff wins by folding out pairs and by hitting when called.
- Button, A♣Q♥, flop 8♠ 7♦ 3♥ checked through, turn 2♣ — small bet (a third pot). This is a delayed c‑bet: against a range that checked twice, a small bet often takes the pot, folds out overcards that still had equity, and A‑Q keeps outs to top pair when called.
The rules that decide the size
| Spot | Size |
|---|---|
| Dry board where your range dominates | small, often |
| Draw-heavy board, strong hand | medium to big |
| Monotone board | small |
| Turn, strong hand + strong draw | big |
| Turn, big draw with no pair | big semi-bluff |
| Turn after a checked flop, medium hand without a strong draw | small (delayed c‑bet) |
The common mistake: one size for every board
Betting a third of the pot everywhere is simple, but you lose value on draw-heavy boards and you keep betting on boards that do not help you, where checking is often better. Board texture decides first, your hand second.
Our own library shows the same spread. On 19 October 2026 we counted the 66 flop c‑bet decisions in our flop c‑bet chapter (button or cutoff, in position against the big blind) by their expected answer: a small bet in 31, a check in 22, a big bet in 12 and a medium bet in 1, question 2 above. No size is the answer in even half of them, and checking back comes second; these answers come from rules we wrote on texture and range advantage, not from a solver.
Keep going
- The full theory: our continuation bet guide.
- What a call against your bet costs: pot odds.
- More decisions on every street: the poker quiz.
- The same work in 6‑max: the 6‑max cash game trainer.
- Train on spots like these: our free poker trainer.
- The other streets: the preflop quiz, then what would you do in these poker hands on the river.
- Where do you stand overall? The poker skill test.
- Before paying for a solver: poker solver vs trainer, which one to use and when.
- How much of your range to defend against a bet: minimum defense frequency.
- Before you bluff, the threshold to beat: how often a bluff needs to work.
- Why to bet small on a dry flop: c‑bet on dry boards.
- Why to bet bigger when draws are everywhere: c‑bet on wet boards.
- When several players called: c‑bet in multiway pots.
- Questions 5 and 6 start from a flop checked through: checking back the flop.
Sources
- Questions from the curated Poker Puzzle Trainer corpus (October 10, 2026).
- Answers follow rules written by the app's author; they are not solver outputs.