Everyone has their own definition of what a value bet is and where a value bet occurs. Some people like to value bet their strong starting hand in the flop and make it a pot size or even a little over the pot. Some like it on the turn if there is a rag card. Others do it in the river when they know they got the best hand. Personally when I have the nuts or I know for sure I have the best hand I'll value bet the river about 1/2 to 3/4 the pot wanting to get a call. What do I considering a value bet??? I think its the implied odds on the turn when you've made your hand and your bet on the river that you know your opponent will call. Most people in this case will push all their money in the pot hoping to get a call. I'd say "value betting" here is more profitable. If you played a 1,000 hands with the nuts and expected to get +EV for you money, pushing all your chips in the river (pushing all your chips in when you have more than the pot considering its already huge from recent round of betting.) I think you will lose money in the long run. What's also great about value betting on the river is that your opponents will think you might just be trying to steal the pot with a weak bet so they will counter by pushing all in instead. It's a win-win situation for you IMO. What do you guys think???