River IP small bet, is that a thing?
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 12
In my experience with solver, When IP can close the action by checking back and Showdown, small bets 40% or lower are very rare. but in-game it comes up very often with different purposes to use a small sizing, "thin value", induce, just targeting the air, etc.
is it possible to exploit that?
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,048
The reason you don't see this often is because the threat of a check-raise prevents you from value betting too thin. If you can't bet at least half-pot for value, then it's likely too risky to reopen the action.
With that said, if you know that villain
a) calls worse
b) won't bluff-raise enough
then you can justify an exploitative "ginge bet" IP on the river with thin value.
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 251
why is the cutoff around half pot tho? is it an nlhe coincidence or is there a principle that applies in every game? if not is it different in plhe?
