Value Bet

betting

Betting with a strong hand to extract money from worse hands.

Sized to get called by enough worse hands to make it +EV. Thin value betting (a marginal hand expecting 51%+ to be best) separates winning players from break-even ones.

See also

All-In
Betting all your remaining chips.
Ante
A forced bet all players must post before each hand.
Barrel
A continuation bet on a later street (double = flop+turn, triple = + river).
Blind
A forced bet posted before the cards are dealt.