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This is a stupid question. But isn't bluffing simply mean taking down the pot uncontested with an inferior hand?
It was a low stakes social friendly 20-man sng I played last night. There was a guy who was button raising. I looked down from small blind and looked at K5s. I 3-betted him 4x his bet, and then he shows it to his neighbor and folds, saying "aah, i wish i can play this hand". Someone in the table told him that if he shows one, he has to show all. So he rolled over TJs. I rolled over my K5s. Then he was frustrated and said that I was bluffing. I told him that I wasn't bluffing because I had a better hand. K5s>TJs. I told him that HE was bluffing. Bluffing means winning the pot uncontested with an inferior hand. But my hand isn't inferior. It crushed his button raising range and was better than his TJs. I knew my hand was better because I put him exactly on the range that he can be button raising with, and my ability to issue his range paid off, hence, not bluffing.
Someone was saying that since I didn't know what he had and K5s is not a great hand, then it's a bluff. But for me, I don't think it was a bluff because I knew K5s crushed his button raising range. What exactly is a meaning of a bluff then? What qualifies as a bluff? Lot of times, I know I'm bluffing when I am semi-bluffing or betting out with rags where I KNOW that I don't have a better hand than my opponent but prey on my villain's ability to fold based on the texture of the board and the likeliness of his range that must've hit the board.
It was a low stakes social friendly 20-man sng I played last night. There was a guy who was button raising. I looked down from small blind and looked at K5s. I 3-betted him 4x his bet, and then he shows it to his neighbor and folds, saying "aah, i wish i can play this hand". Someone in the table told him that if he shows one, he has to show all. So he rolled over TJs. I rolled over my K5s. Then he was frustrated and said that I was bluffing. I told him that I wasn't bluffing because I had a better hand. K5s>TJs. I told him that HE was bluffing. Bluffing means winning the pot uncontested with an inferior hand. But my hand isn't inferior. It crushed his button raising range and was better than his TJs. I knew my hand was better because I put him exactly on the range that he can be button raising with, and my ability to issue his range paid off, hence, not bluffing.
Someone was saying that since I didn't know what he had and K5s is not a great hand, then it's a bluff. But for me, I don't think it was a bluff because I knew K5s crushed his button raising range. What exactly is a meaning of a bluff then? What qualifies as a bluff? Lot of times, I know I'm bluffing when I am semi-bluffing or betting out with rags where I KNOW that I don't have a better hand than my opponent but prey on my villain's ability to fold based on the texture of the board and the likeliness of his range that must've hit the board.