Betting for information

[Macquarie]

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You never bet for information. Ever. You just happen to get information when they act. Based on the information you already have you make bets with (hopefully) a positive expectation. Whether betting to extract value, 'protect your hand', or as a pure bluff, the bets you make should have a positive expectation based on the information already available to you.

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This quote appears in a thread on Mid-High http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&fpart=all

I've never read exactly this before, but I like it. One of the things I've posted most in the last few weeks is replying to people that suggest making bets or raises that will only get called by worse hands, justifying it as a bet to "find out where I am", or to "avoid making mistakes later in the hand".

Do people agree with this quote? Does apply universally?

[amoeba]

against people who plays really straightforward, betting for info is ok.

otherwise (which is most of the time) I agree with the above quote.