Valuetown City Limits - An intro to value betting

[Guitierez]

Hi all,

this is my third intro to a newbie-relevant topic after blind-stealing and isolation-raising. I hope this one here is a good place to start your studies on value bets, this very +EV subject in micro stakes hold'em.

I seperated the best of the mega-output of the micros into 4 sections. Enjoy.


Betting a made hand for value

A large percentage of your profit in small stakes games comes from opponents who call down with weak hands in small pots. [...] Treat good players with respect, but value bet relentlessly against calling stations.SSHE p179

Poker Wiki defines:

A value bet is a bet by a player who believes he holds the best hand, in hopes that one or more opponents will call.

Two typical examples
Taking TPTK to the river Marginal Value Bet

Taking TT to valuetown, mind the river
Some problems with value betting - egocidal

What do you prefer on the flop?
Check-raise to protect or bet for value? - Ampelmann


Betting draws for value

When you have a strong drawing hand [...] your pot equity determines whether you can bet or raise for value.
SSHE, p36

Poker Wiki defines again:

Pot equity is your percentage chance of winning the pot at any given point in a hand. That percentage is the amount of equity you have in the pot or how much of the pot "belongs to you".

An example from SSHE
SSHE bet/raise for value question - Dr1Gonzo

All around "pot equity edge" and betting draws for value
Betting Draws on the Come - Befolder

Counting outs and calculating your edge
Gutshot + NFD, raising for value? - NB_Gambler

The Masterpiece on the subject - theory post from the Small Stakes Forums
Equity Value Betting: Getting the Best Return on Your Money - SixForty

Going bananas on the flop with 15 outs
Spewing or raising for value? - TheBob


Betting the river for value

The essence of a river value bet is not how often you have the best hand, but how often villain calls with a worse hand (Aaron W.)

A first look
Value Betting vs. Letting him bluff - Asgrow13

It's all reads-dependent
Checking the river OOP instead of value betting - Aaron W.

Two external links from CP
Barry Tanenbaum - Value-Betting the River

Roy Cooke: Value-Bet on the End?

A +"value" +"river" -"re:" search in the micros will get you like a zillion of examples


Miscellaneous

TPTK+FD Playalong with the experts
Two streets' worth of value - Eeegah

A Quiz with 4 hands
Value Betting... - Gib

[Bona]

Another terrific compilation. I now have all three of them in my "favorites" list and expect regular reviews of these will help me stay in focus. Great job of organizing these. Thank you.

[OziBattler]

G, are you trying to out do loyalguard? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I havent read this yet but it looks sweet. nice work....the micros is all about value value value.

[Guitierez]

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G, are you trying to out do loyalguard?

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No way! He's "The Compilator" himself and I'm much into his outstanding work seeing it as a contribution to save the micros and help use this amazing source of knowlege. I'm just giving back my filtered search results to this beautiful community.

I always liked loyalguard's "behind the scenes" and his great 1k post
Session Review and Forum Searching Tips & Tricks is unforgotten.

[nomadtla]

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Another terrific compilation. I now have all three of them in my "favorites" list and expect regular reviews of these will help me stay in focus. Great job of organizing these. Thank you.

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Three..... There's Three. He's put together 3. All I have is the one on iso-raising and now this one. What am I missing. Cause honestly these compilations are gold.

[Bona]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/favlin...amp;postmarker=

[kerowo]

OK, not really, I'm just addicted to the lolcats. Nice post.

[Nogatsira]

nh, you are +ev