Bluffing

[JoeyHolland]

This is like an reply to Bugzbunny's thread.

I want to share my knowledge about bluffing whit you guys. You should read it cause it could be handy.

Bluffing at the wrong moment or against the wrong opponent can be verry costly I will try to tell you how to gain the maximum out of bluffing and how to avoid costly mistakes.

Bluffing is to suggest to your opponent or opponents that you hand is stronger than it really is.

Different kinds of bluffing.

1. Pure Bluff: where you have no chance to win the showdown if called.
2. Semi-Bluff:where there are ways for your hand to improve to be the winner if you do get called.

The semi-bluff works because it gives the player 2 ways to win. Your opponents might will fold and you will steal the pot or they call you and you might hit after. Theire might fall a scare card which causes your opponent to fold to a later bet.

The less opponents you have the better. Each opponent seperately may fold a large percentage of the time however as you add more players the chance of getting called increases dramatically. The ideal number of opponents to bluff against is 1. Against 2 opponents a bluff may be considered, if you have outs any more than this and you should seriously consider folding and waiting for a better spot. The less opponents you have the better. Each opponent seperately may fold a large percentage of the time however as you add more players the chance of getting called increases dramatically. The ideal number of opponents to bluff against is 1. Against 2 opponents a bluff may be considered, if you have outs any more than this and you should seriously consider folding and waiting for a better spot.

Not all opponents are equally likely to call you. Some will only call with a very strong hand, while others (calling stations) are unlikely to fold to any bet. Make sure that you are aware of which opponents are more likely to fold and increase the chance of your bluffs against these players.

Some flops are more suitable for bluffs than others. Usually if a flop is ‘draw-heavy’ you should bluff less. (contains straight/flushdraw) Cause you won't know your opponent has an made hand already, or a draw to a flush. This can make your decisions later on verry difficult.

A dry flop is better for bluffing, it doesn't contain any draw possibilitys so if anyone calls he likely has an made hand already.allowing you to get away from your bluff cheaply when it does not work and have a greater chance of a successful bluff to start with.

I only do Semi-Bluffing, cause if someone calls you you are still able to hit and win the pot.Theire might be some typfails in it cause english aint my first language, i hope you learned something of it.


Cheers,


Joey

[eejit101]

While small parts of this are stolen... its mainly hand written.

Nice thread. With some good advice in bits of it.

Thanks

[Lilred36]

I prefer it all handwritten,your right tho some good points.I figured we we see alot more copys,and alot more peeps.

[JoeyHolland]

i just didnt want to walk a blue, that's why i did some research(not really confident about myself)

Cheers,

Joey

[raffhead]

im gonna bluff as much as a can and ill show more often then,ill start to play a more safer game.you hav to have bluffin in your game ,you find youll get more call on a rasie.when you bluff you dont have to go all in some time the small beat does all the work.iv e been watch alot of games and everybodys bluffin, and at wired times in the game,my beat is they make it more then lose.my bullin skills need to inprove,but ill work on my real game before i work on my fake one.

[texasman32]

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.” – Leonardo De Vinci

[woohoosue]

just got Bluffed out of most of my stack in the OFC today.....so it is something everyone that plays poker needs to master....I've called when i thought was a bluff and folded(that's what i did today) when i shouldn't have.

I also have made great bluff moves ...so please don't be mad at the player who bluffs you out.....it's all part of the game..

[texasman32]

Normaly I never bluff unless I really think people dont have anything.
And normaly I never bluff more than one person.
Im very scared of bluffing, since I can loose lots of chips for nothing.