good time for a combo bet v. a TAG? or do those bets not exist....

[jackal47]

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The reason the bet is good is becuase you're putting pressure on your opponent (keeping him from putting pressure on you) and making your range less polarized. It isn't to magically fold out better hands while getting value from worse hands.

That's my main problem, the way it's interepreted by some people because of its name.

It should be called a pressure bet.

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I agree with this too, I don't believe a 2 way bet exists, because your opponent cannot both fold better hands and call with worse hands at the same time.

The bet actually serves one purpose, which is to fold out better hands or get value from worse ones, and it's impossible for these two things to happen simultaneously.

Indeed, this bet is because you don't know where you are in the hand and are hoping 'to get lucky' in that your bet gives you the desired effect of either working as a bluff or working as a value bet.