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Originally Posted by SwolyswoND
Well yes, when we use the term "polarized" in these forums it means either having nuts or air. Every bet in poker on any street is technically "polarized" between bluffs and value, but value is relative.
This is really off topic. Sorry
Bets on streets besides the river are almost never truly polar because your "bluffs" will have equity and you will be focusing on denying equity with the majority of your "value hands" more than anything else. So it's not really useful to classify any action besides the river as a bluff or value bet.
Co vs BB If you cbet 88 on J73 after pfr and BB call, EV wise it's better with 88 to see a fold than a call, even though we are ahead of his overall range, and we can easily be called by worse. So if we are hoping for him to fold wasn't that a bluff? But we are ahead of his range and get called by worse, so wasn't that a value bet?
Only the river has pure value bets and bluffs; it's not that useful on other streets.