You may very well have the best hand on the flop, but there is always the possibility that the villan has a few outs that could help him beat you. That is exactly when an equity denial bet comes into play.
Say for instance you hold AK and the flop comes up K-8-3. A bet from you would allow you to get hands like QJ and JT to fold that would have otherwise hit their equity..
When I play I always remember one thing that Dan Harrington says: before you bet or raise, ask yourself, “What better hands will fold, and what worse hands will call?”
Do you generally bet to get value or to deprive others of their equity?
Say for instance you hold AK and the flop comes up K-8-3. A bet from you would allow you to get hands like QJ and JT to fold that would have otherwise hit their equity..
When I play I always remember one thing that Dan Harrington says: before you bet or raise, ask yourself, “What better hands will fold, and what worse hands will call?”
Do you generally bet to get value or to deprive others of their equity?
