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The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz: Why Are We Betting?

Related Topics: Poker, Bluff (poker)

In poker we always want to have a good reason for every action we make in a hand, especially when betting or raising.

Most typically when we bet our hands it is either for value when we believe we have the best hand, or as a bluff when we believe our opponent has better. When betting for value, we want our opponents to call, and when bluffing, we want them to fold.

But within those two broad categories are lots of other, more specific reasons for betting. Today's installment of "The Weekly PokerNews Strategy Quiz" presents eight no-limit hold'em scenarios, all of which involve a player making a bet for a specific reason.