Fish fold less often, call more often, and thus we can value bet some hands against them that we couldn’t against a nit or TAG. How fishy is our opponent? The fishier villain is, the more we should focus on value betting them (and subsequently, the less we should bluff them).Here are some factors we’d want to consider when trying to deduce if a bet we make is easy value, thin value, or possibly neither of those: But what about if we hold AA, QJ, or JJ? Then we have to think about the range of hands that would give our bet action, and compare that against our hand. On the river, this is a very easy value bet with a hand like JT, because any hand the BB continues with is behind our hand (or chops with us). UTG folds, Hero raises to $3, 3 folds, BB calls $2īB checks, Hero bets $4.50, BB calls $4.50 This is easily explained with an example. And eventually, your hand might be behind so many hands that your hand becomes either a very thin value bet or possibly even a bluff! Value Betting Example But as your hand gets further away from the nuts, the possibility of your opponent having a hand that beats you (and wouldn’t fold) increases.
That being said, not all value is created equal.įor instance, if you have the nuts, it is always a value bet because any hand that continues is behind (or chopping), so your bet is always +EV.
