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[daviddem]

That could work. Can you come up with one that's heads-up?

Say we have ThTd on a As6c7c board, when we bet we can fold JJ-KK and get called by flush/straight draws.

I am sure you have a funnier one though...

[spoonitnow]

Say we have ThTd on a As6c7c board, when we bet we can fold JJ-KK and get called by flush/straight draws.

I am sure you have a funnier one though...

Good job. In general spots where you can get a better pair to fold but get draws to call are great examples of this.

So have we figured out a spot where we should value bet heads-up on the river when we're behind our opponent's calling range yet?

[daviddem]

So have we figured out a spot where we should value bet heads-up on the river when we're behind our opponent's calling range yet?

I'd say a spot OOP where if we check he is very likely to bet big and we would have to fold. In this case the EV of checking would be 0 but the EV of betting would be >0 (if he is much less likely to raise a bet than betting when checked to). In other words, our hand has showdown value, and we bet to preserve that value, which we would otherwise loose.

Call that a blocking bet?

IP I don't think it's ever true.

[spoonitnow]

I'd say a spot OOP where if we check he is very likely to bet big and we would have to fold. In this case the EV of checking would be 0 but the EV of betting would be >0 (if he is much less likely to raise a bet than betting when checked to). Call that a blocking bet?

IP I don't think it's ever true.

In your example the EV of checking is still greater than zero if Villain isn't betting 100% of the time, but you are right that this describes a blocking bet. There are IP examples, but they're harder to come up with. There are also non-blocking bet examples.

Here are two situations to think about:

1. What happens if we have a medium strength hand against a polarized range and bet OOP?
2. What happens if we have a medium strength hand against a non-polarized range and bet OOP?