It is all too common to raise with hands like A-Qs and miss the flop totally if the board is say 9d-3c-2s for example. In six handed games or even in full ring for that matter then you need to have a few figures at your disposal so that you can make the right decision on the flop. In heads up play then you clearly only have one opponent to worry about but you need to be careful because too many opponents, the wrong board texture or the wrong bet sizing can leave you making a bad play in no limit hold’em.
Let us say that the flop is heads up, one opponent will miss a board like that around two thirds of the time. However for that “two thirds” figure to be effective then the board must be dry. If it is connected like with 10-9-8 two suits then your opponent can call with a draw and you are going to have a difficult time knowing if they called with a draw or a made hand.
This is why c-betting into two opponents is very difficult to get away with and especially if the board is connected in anyway. Two opponents will only have missed the flop 40% of the time and so someone is likely to have hit something. I would still c-bet the flop of 9-3-2 with A-K two handed but it then becomes more marginal. If I get one caller then I am hoping that a big overcard comes on the turn so I can rep that hand.
