a hand el diablo played

[TheWorstPlayer]

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thank you for your reply. The river bet was very large to be considered a value bet.

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oh, so you would consider calling it with a marginal hand...? so....umm.....nevermind.

[Ansky]

15858th level thinking?

[Requin]

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15858th level thinking?


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1585 9 . It's gotta be odd.

[El Diablo]

bug,

Thanks for the advice, I'll try a smaller river bet next time.

[lapoker17]

diablo - i didn't know you had recently won a hand!

[bugman68]

el i did not mean it that way. Maybe I am not coming across correctly in my wording. To me without seeing your cards it felt like a bet that either was a monster hand or did not want to be called. I think of a value bet as a bet giving odds of calling according to the pot size. If I am wrong please correct me. I am not criticizing your play in any way. I just found the hand interesting even though I did not know your cards or your opponents. Ive been playin poker since I was 25 and full time online for over 7years. Am 38 now. I used to talk alot of poker thru instant messenger with others which I found alot easier since you normally could reply faster almost like a normal conversation. Posting here I find a little troublsome as I have many thoughts and questions but trouble finding the exact words to use in a public forum.

[riverboatking]

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I think of a value bet as a bet giving odds of calling according to the pot size. If I am wrong please correct me.

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a value bet has nothing to do with pot size or bet size.
it is simply the biggest bet you can make which you think your opponent will call.

[JMP300z]

One of the hallmarks of a good player is willing to value bet aggressively non nut hands. Youll find that all these lines blur as you move up in stakes. For example, Sometimes you make a bet that you are not sure is a bluff or a valuebet but it is a bet that you have to make.

-JP

[El Diablo]

KKF,

In this hand, I believe it was 25-50 auto-open preflop, repop (me) w/ some marginal BS cuz I didn't think he had much. I pot flop and turn, leaving me w/ I believe slightly less than a pot bet left on the river.

[El Diablo]

bug,

In these games, a pot bet is a very "normal" bet and often stands as much chance as getting called as any other bet.