Value Betting

if there is one thing i feel i do really well in hu poker, its value betting.

heres a hand i played 10 minutes ago

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336000796: Table Echo (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:11:46 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: Kadabra ($782)
Seat 2: lolmonies ($599.50)
Kadabra posts the small blind of $2
lolmonies posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Jh 7c]
Kadabra calls $2
lolmonies raises to $12
Kadabra calls $8
*** FLOP *** [6h 5d 4s]
lolmonies bets $20
Kadabra calls $20
*** TURN *** [6h 5d 4s] [Jc]
lolmonies checks
Kadabra bets $42
lolmonies calls $42
*** RIVER *** [6h 5d 4s Jc] [2s]
lolmonies checks
Kadabra bets $108
lolmonies has 15 seconds left to act
lolmonies has requested TIME
lolmonies calls $108
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kadabra shows [Jh 7c] a pair of Jacks
lolmonies mucks
Kadabra wins the pot ($363.50) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $364 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 5d 4s Jc 2s]
Seat 1: Kadabra (small blind) showed [Jh 7c] and won ($363.50) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: lolmonies (big blind) mucked [Td Tc] - a pair of Tens






first off, i'm one of the very few hu players who will limp on the button. most players, especially at the big limits, want to play a big pot every hand, and lets say u limp at 5-10, and they cant raise it to 100+ its very frustrating and confusing for them. almost like i'm breaking some sort of gentlemen agreement or unwritten law.



anyway, i limp, he 3x's, i cant fold. ill never fold full stack or more for 3x regardless of my cards. i flop a strait draw, and an over. he bets this flop, and i feel like hes the type of guy, where if i hit my strait and bet turn and river, hell pay me off cuz he just wont believe me. turn card is a jack. now im gonna put in a tester bet and see where im at. i bet about 2/3 the pot. he takes his time, and calls. river is a deuce, that 2 fills up the bottom end of the strait.

he checks. most people at this point say, ok well i might have the best hand, i might not, i dont want to be raised so im not putting any more money in. guess what. keep this quiet, u wont be raised unless he has a monster.


ive determined that if he had AA KK QQ he would of bet the turn, the jack scared him, meaning my jack was good, at this point i put him on 88 thinking he would think i will only bet here with a strait. he knows he can only beat a bluff, and thats what i try to represent, this way he just calls. and i get an extra quarter of a buy in