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apparantly people stopped reading TOP...im shocked these posts come from 2p2ers in a poker theory forum. we need to nip this in the bud.

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I assume you mean that you have a hand that has some chance of winning, but it's less than 50%, and that you will fold if you are raised.

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this is called a bluff...if there's some chance you get called by a worse hand then its a "value bluff"

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Therefore, you bet in hopes of inducing the other players to fold. If they call, you have only a small chance of winning. If you don't bet, you will check, and fold if someone else bets.

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player/read dependent but if you check you're inducing a bet, you better be prepared to CALL some of the time, especailly if its a big pot...but then you should bet.

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People are more likely to call you in a large pot, which makes it less attractive to bet. On the other hand, they're likely to call you with weaker hands, which makes it more attractive to bet.

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straight outta mason's book: as calling frequency increases (pot size increases) your betting frequency should increase as well as those peopl eneed less to call with than they would have in a small pot which brings us to our next point:

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Plus you win more when you win.

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this isn't even a consideration. you bet b/c you will be called by a worse hand over 50% of the time (mathematically, if you can assume NO CHANCE of a raise, then you only need to be likely to win WHEN CALLED >50% of the time). this is an expected value decision, if you stand to gain more from the bet than you lose int he long run you bet, period. how much you win is the SAME (or close...i.e. some bets have 80% value, some have 1% value etc...)

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Another consideration is with a large pot, it's less likely that the other players will check. On balance, I think the bet is better with a large pot.

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no. people bet more in large pots b/c they want to win them. period. but yes its better to bet in a large pot.

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With two players your bet will get more respect. The middle player may fold with a pretty good hand, afraid that her hand could lose to one or the other remaining hands, and that the two hands might reraise each other. The last hand might fold because your raise into two hands shows extra strength. The check is much less likely to work against both players. Therefore, on balance, I prefer to raise with two other players versus one.

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i dont exactly understand what you're saying here...we're talking about betting marginal hands, not bluffing...

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My assumptions may not be exactly what you meant by the question, and of course there are many other variables that affect your decision.

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ok then...

-Barron