[TheWorstPlayer]

FWIW, I agree with strassa and durr, too. Just not that it's a two-way bet. It's a thin bet (be it a value bet or a bluff) so YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS. But it is still only one of them. It's a good bet, because either way it puts pressure on your opponent to make the right decision and since it's a thin bet then it's hard for them to make the right decision IN THIS INSTANCE. But since it's a thin bet, they really can't go wrong either way probably since by definition, thin bets are just about 0EV. If you wanna call it an 'indifference bet' bec you're indifferent between whether they call or fold pretty much, given their hand range and your hands strength which is pretty much in the middle of their range, then fine.

Basically I'm saying that your hand is good JUST ABOUT 50% of the time when called. So yea, occasionally some guys will fold a slightly better hand and some guys will call with a slightly worse one. But overall, the bet is probably 0EV in a vaccuum (but does make you harder to play against overall) so you think it's 'two-way'. But it isn't. It's really closer to neither a vb nor a bluff than it is to being both. But really it can only be one.

edit: yea, luego made this post in one sentence. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]