[mistere45]

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"If I were in this spot playing these exact cards and getting this exact action from these players a million times over, what move makes me the most or loses me the least?"

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Yes, thats is the definiton of EV right? I dont think that statement contradicts the ideas outlined in the OP. That is if you determine that representing a wider range of hands to your opponents will maximize your expected value in the hand, that is the best move. As I really don't know if the OP is making an important distinction about calculating EV street to street, verus the hand as a whole, I cant comment on that. Maybe he can elaborate?