Depolarised Range vs Thin Value Bet

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Is there a difference between a 'depolarised range' and a 'thin value bet'?

For example, let's say that the board is:
Kh 8h 9c 4c 3d
(so the board is full of busted straight draws and busted flush draws)

If you have a hand like 88 (a set) or JT (busted straight draw), you're going to want to bet very big on this board texture, since your range is polarised and you want to either extract maximum value or generate maximum fold equity.

But some people like to get tricky and make huge 'thin value' bets here with a mediocre hand like KJ, since they expect their opponent to 'hero call' them with a weak hand like T9 that thinks they're on a busted draw.

Is this the same concept as a 'depolarised range'? Is there any difference between a thin value bet and a depolarised range?
 
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I think this is a flop where you will see more merged ranges. There are a lot of weakish hands that can bet for value, some busted draws, and an occasional set.
 
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Merged range is the name you're looking for.

Yes, there is a difference. Mostly because we are betting our actual merged range because we look polarised, for thin value hoping that a worse merged range will call. It is most likely to be very thin value in this instance for us to look so polarised and them to still be in the hand. We would have to have a very aggro table image to make a move like this profitable because the villain only has a merged range when we have enough bluffs in our range that they can call down.

We can make thin value bets with a polarised range as well, so there is your answer.
 
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