Ok, I want to go back to value betting, because there seem to be different exlplanations out there.

First Explanantion I heard: You have a strong hand (nuts or near nuts) and want players with weaker holdings (like TPTK) to call. You do this because you think they could fold to a push and you would loose value doing so as a consequence.

Second explanation: You hold a weak hand (lets say you are holding QQ and the flop comes K93Rainbow) and its checked to you. You check aswell and the turn comes a J. Now you bet for value because you can be pretty sure your hand is good (any player with a J or a 9 would probably call a smallish bet). I don't know if its a good example, basically: your hand is mediocre but you still believe its better than your opponents.

Quote from pokrtips.org about value betting:

"Value betting is what seperates a great player from just a good player. Obviously, any person knows to bet when he or she holds the nuts. However, getting maximum value out of marginal hands is much trickier."

So, please feel free to post comments so we can get that straight!