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Originally Posted by Man of Means
It seems like there is a disease in this forum where the suggestions are to make small bets whenever we have a big hand. What do we do when we have a smaller hand, or a draw? Is the big bet ever optimal?
I like a small raise because we think his most likely hand is some type of top pair hand. If we make a big raise over the top then his min-raise does exactly what it was meant to do, find out where he's at.
Conversely, we can make big over-the-top raises as bluffs and semi-bluffs when we think someone is raising to see where they're at. Of course this is exploitable and unbalanced but against most low stakes players being exploitable and unbalanced nets the most profit.