If you are not value betting enough with good holdings (not nuts), when you know you hold the better hand, you are giving away tons of value. Like checking back 2/3rd nuts or always checking intending to check raise out of position with great holdings on the river etc. The benefit of value betting is two-fold. Say you hit a middling flush on the river, if you check to the villain, he might check back or bet out. He was betting out like he had it every street and a backdoor flush got there, and he checks, and you hold the Jack high flush. Should you value bet? Will you get snapped off with a queen high flush? Will you get check raise jammed by villain having the ace blocker and you will be in a terrible spot?
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Tight player only bets / raises the nuts or calls with the second nuts, it makes little sense to put in the value bet (with a hand below say 2nd / 3rd nuts) as you wouldn’t get any value. He wouldn’t call. Value betting works best with players who are okay with making hero calls or are overly curious to see what you’ve got. Obviously, a good player will sniff out value bets and exploit you by raising occasionally when he doesn’t have it. For that, you must mix in your value bets without the nuts with similar bets when you have the nuts to balance your range.
With a Masters Degree in Journalism and Communication, Mrinal Gujare currently is cruising through an exciting genre of writing and editing at Gutshot Magazine. Apart from being an Editor, Mrinal is an avid reader and a former contemporary dancer. She is also perennially hungry for intriguing scoops from across the globe. No holds barred is the rule Mrinal follows in life.
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