Over betting your hand is rarely the right move in poker. Many novice players will use the all-in bet as a defensive move, hoping to get their opponent to fold. This maneuver might be successful a couple of times, but you’ll eventually run into a hand and get busted up. Even betting too much with a hand that you think is in the lead, but not the nut hand, is not recommended. Any action you’ll get on this bet will most likely beat you. That’s where value betting comes into the game.

The only time it’s a good move to over bet a hand is when you’re trying to represent the situations I talked about previously. If you have a big hand, sometimes an over bet can look like a bluff, and if your opponent has something that qualifies as a hand, they may try and make a big call on you.