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Overbet

An overbet is a bet larger than the size of the pot. It’s used with a polarized range on boards where you hold the nut advantage and the opponent’s range is capped at medium-strength hands.

Overbetting maximizes value and fold equity when the situation is right. Because it risks more than the pot, it demands a credible top of range — nut hands plus bluffs — so it must be polarized and backed by a nut advantage. Without those, a large bet is easy to bluff-catch and re-raise.

Great overbet spots are cards and runouts that hit your range hard and miss the opponent’s: an ace turning on a board you can hold two-pair-plus, or a river that completes your value while the opponent is capped. Applied correctly, overbets extract stacks that a pot-sized bet would leave on the table.

Worked example

You hold a set on a board where the river completes an obvious straight the opponent’s capped range can’t have. Overbetting 1.5x pot with your sets and nut straights, balanced with a few busted draws as bluffs, gets called by their two-pair and one-pair bluff catchers for maximum value.

FAQ

When should you overbet?

When you hold a nut advantage on a runout that favors your range and caps the opponent’s, using a polarized range of strong value plus bluffs.

Why do overbets need a nut advantage?

A bet larger than the pot risks a lot, so it needs the very top of the range to be credible. Without nut advantage it’s easy to bluff-catch and re-raise, turning it into a losing play.

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