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Originally Posted by Karrlitos1
Can you please explain why is betiting higher EV?
When thinking about whether or not to check or bet you also need to think about the additional equity villain gains when you check and he checks behind. Also, thinking about what value hands and bluffs he has in his range and how he is going to play them.
We 3b pre here and he is in BTN. He's going to have a lot of suited connectors/1 gappers, broadways, suited aces, and pocket pairs. By betting you get a lot of value from JX/KX and some draws. Villain's range has many hands that want you to check though like AXs/JX/PP so he can get additional equity with these hands and he's unlikely to be bluffing into you on this board either, so when you check you're losing a lot of value from JX/KX hands that might not bet and you're just giving him a chance to improve and rarely gaining much EV from any bluffs.
When we bet we get value from a decent number of hands
When we check we don't get value from as many hands AND we give villain the opportunity to realize additional equity.