Overbet
An overbet is a bet larger than the pot, used when your range holds the strongest hands and your opponent’s does not.
The size wins more with your strongest hands and puts your opponent’s medium hands in a hard spot. It is also expensive to bluff with: a bet of twice the pot needs folds 67% of the time to break even.
Work it out
Bluff break-even calculator: Enter the pot and your bet. The calculator shows how often your opponent has to fold for a bet with no equity to break even.
Related terms
Practise decisions like this in the trainer: ten hands at a time, with the answer and the reason.