Value

It is what we seek. Even more so when it comes to major purchases. Having just paid a whorehouse price for a washer-dryer combo, I may not be the one to listen to at the moment. At the tables though, value betting is paramount.

OK, we got the nuts. Oh happy day! Jesus washed my sins away…at least for this hand. Now, how do we get value. It is a frequent thing for Daniel Negreanu to blog about. When he’s on the topic, he is very adamant about getting full value out of the hand.

First, what is our position? If we have to lead out, we have a major decision. The problem is our tenancies often come up with the less than optimal bet. That ‘wrong’ bet may even be the optimal one under other circumstances.

Friend Fuel55 and I chatted about a hand of his. It exposed one of his tendencies and that may be a good one. If he’s married to it that wouldn’t be the case but he isn’t a rote personality at the tables. The hand in question brought his serious overbet from early position. He posits that this gets him the ‘doubting Thomas’ call often enough to be +EV. Is he right or to state it better,