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It makes complete sense. There’s a component of value and a component of bluff for a given hand in front of you. They’re related. Value betting and bluffing ar
by Denzel 7y ago
It makes complete sense. There’s a component of value and a component of bluff for a given hand in front of you. They’re related.
Value betting and bluffing aren’t defined by the outcome of a hand — action yet to be completed. Poker is a game of hidden information so betting with “thin value” implies that your component of bluffing is larger. You want your opponent to fold more often than not when you have thin value because more often than not you’re actually beat.
QQ can get KK to fold based upon board texture, street, and prior action. But you don’t know the other person is holding KK when you’re betting for “thin value” on the river.
- albedoa 7y ago> You want your opponent to fold more often than not when you have thin value because more often than not you’re actually beat. No, that is simply not true. If I am betting for value, then I want my opponent to call no matter how weak I am or how thin it is. > But you don’t know the other person is holding KK when you’re betting for “thin value” on the river. Then it's a value bet. As you said, it's not defined by the outcome.