Re: stop trying to \'protect\' your hand
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Protecting your hand doesn't always mean you want your opponents to fold - you can protect your hand by making sure anyone who's going to call anyway isn't getting the right odds to beat you.
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This is the same thing as 'betting for value'.
Because you have more equity in the pot then they do, they are contributing more than their share. So... it is for value.
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That was exactly my point. The OP seemed to imply that protecting your hand meant forcing a fold. But like you say, so long as you have the equity advantage, you are still protecting your hand by betting for value when it puts your opponents in a lose-lose situation. You you don't care if they fold or call - either way they lose.
The OP's call to 'bet for value' over and over could be taken to mean just bet out when it's your turn to act.
The way I see it, protecting your hand means getting even more value by, for example, check-raising to face your opponents with double bets. Especially in big pots, where even if betting out would be for value, an opponent could still call for value (eg with a gutshot if the pot is offering 10-1).
I think! This thread is making me get my definitions confused!
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