Bluffing

[skalibur]

how many times have you paid hands up to the river and discovered that the villain was bluffing. lately i'm losing accounts there are only bluffers in poker, i played an interesting hand i took AK and i was just calling the table comes 10JQ53 VILAO always betting and i calling on the river he went allin i called he had 2e4 da to believe it...

 

[Sivraj]

Bluffing is a part of the game you gotta do it or try to catch somebody doing it by playing. It's not easy playing offense or defense in this situation even semi bluffing. It's an artform to the skill. Some players are aggressive with it and almost suicidal with this strategy to the point where the blow half or there whole stack.

 

[riff_raff312]

Bluffing is an art form a very good tool that one can use in the game if used in the right place and time can pay off nicely but there are some players that will challenge you right to the end! Practice and patience will help when working the buff good luck and stay frosty at the tables

The Riff_Raff

 

[Newzooozooo]

Hi.
Of course, there are different situations. But in most cases I refrain from bluffing. Usually, I can bluff if I know my opponents well. At the same time, no matter how your opponents play, your patience is the most effective weapon against anyone.
Good luck.

 

[Zvezda kz]

Yes, everything is fine, perhaps the opponent was blindly playing his postflop line, experimenting. I wish everyone not only to follow the instructions of the theory, but also thoughtfully treats each distribution.

 

[Amdrius]

how many times have you paid hands up to the river and discovered that the villain was bluffing. lately i'm losing accounts there are only bluffers in poker, i played an interesting hand i took AK and i was just calling the table comes 10JQ53 VILAO always betting and i calling on the river he went allin i called he had 2e4 da to believe it...

It all depends on the circumstances, of course. If the Player is aggressive, constantly does not give up and tries to take the pot in the hands, or is simply crazy who is on tilt, then I will open and catch his bluffs on the river very often and it will be profitable for me. Over the past few years, I’ve all cut and meet at the mid-stakes players without a gamut bluffing. The level of players inevitably grows and there are fewer new players.

 

[dregan]

With bluffs, you need to be careful on both sides. The one who bluffs risks losing, the one who calls and has something but doubts in his hand is afraid to lose. When you bluff you walk on the edge of a knife. The most harmless bluff in freerolls. It's no big deal to lose. But on freerolls and more, they check the opponent's card. The best part is a semi-bluff. You don't have any of the combinations yet, but you expect and have a good chance of getting a combination. Even if nothing came, you still have a chance to take the pot. After all, you show your superiority by raising.

 

[WickedFRoST]

how many times have you paid hands up to the river and discovered that the villain was bluffing. lately i'm losing accounts there are only bluffers in poker, i played an interesting hand i took AK and i was just calling the table comes 10JQ53 VILAO always betting and i calling on the river he went allin i called he had 2e4 da to believe it...

You just called with AK, that's the main reason he made this sick bluff. He thought you can never have AK or AA or KK, because usually people would 3-bet these hands. However in his range all those hands are very likely holdings. So, I do not mind this bluff in general, but the hand he selected for it, of course, was way too aggressive.

 

[COMIRRR]

It's part of the game and you have nothing to do. There are some players who try to bluff with almost every hand, the good part is that they don't get too far. The most annoying thing seems to me when the player is allowed to bluff and hits the river! At such things if I feel like trying to bluff I never end up with him on the river ....

 

[kasinogyn]

and some weak guys. who knows how he plays, he doesn't bluff too much. only in vague moments.

 

[lukovnikofff]

how many times have you paid hands up to the river and discovered that the villain was bluffing. lately i'm losing accounts there are only bluffers in poker, i played an interesting hand i took AK and i was just calling the table comes 10JQ53 VILAO always betting and i calling on the river he went allin i called he had 2e4 da to believe it...

I believe that bluffing is a separate art form, and it is important to be able to bluff beautifully, so that people believe in it, but not everyone succeeds! You often catch someone on a bluff, which means you read your opponent's game well, or your opponent bluffs badly, maybe a person just learns to bluff and you shouldn't blame him for it, he has the right to do so, because we all learn sometime! I believe that if a person knows how to bluff well, then he certainly knows how to see the bluffs of his opponents! I wish you all good wins and good luck at the tables!

 

[77ecos]

it is very important to bluff and discover the bluff, on many occasions the opponent's way of betting gives you the clue of a bluff and in the same way one can induce it with the way of playing

 

[Atararo14]

Bluff is part of the game. Before bluffing it's important to analyze the spot and take into consideration the profile of the opposing players

 

[pavel1111111]

this often happens to me, but what you describe is a good scenario, it happens to me that on the river from the bluff it becomes a value bet, and it bothers me a bit

 

[igroksash]

No-bluff poker is not poker. There is always someone who bluffs and those who catch on bluffs, and this makes the yoke even more interesting.

 

[ObbleeXY]

Lots of folks will three-barrel with nothing -- I've certainly done it from time to time. But bluffing is an art that has to be done *just enough*. If you're never getting caught bluffing, you're not bluffing enough! But if you're always getting caught, it's probably time to tighten up.


The great thing about getting caught is that people know a bluff is in your toolkit. It is essential. It means that sometimes you can catch a monster and people second-guess whether you're bluffing or not, sometimes calling you down where they would have otherwise folded to a "Nit".

But there is a difference between a bold play and stupidity. Sometimes its hard to tell until you're closing down the computer for the night after reviewing some of your hands.

If you never bluff, you will become labelled as a straightforward player or a nit. You can still make it to the cash occassionally with this strategy, but it's hard to win playing straight up honest poker. You leave too many chips no the table for someone else with an inferior hand to collect.

Bluffs need to be done correctly though. It needs to form part of your story. You're not going to bluff your villain off every flop turn or river. But if you bet the draws on the board and then make a big bet when they ostensibly "hit", it can be quite intimidating for the opponent. It looks like you bet a draw and hit it. Easy fold for your friendly neighbourhood villain.
Similarly, if the story makes no sense. (e.g. betting a draw that DOESNT hit and then playing like it does), then bluff catchers can stand firm.
Remember though -- you cannot bluff a fish/call station. They'll often call you down with Ace high or a pair of two'sno matter how hard you barrel through them.

So get bluffing today!

Cheers,
ObbleeXY

 

[BussinessSox]

I definitely get trapped into being a head in the hand making correct plays or calls of donk all ins just to be rivered or some weird runner runner. Which hurts. But I will stick with my reads specially when I'm right. That's just poker. Can't let it get you down. Cause you know it will fall in your favor to. If you think you haven't donked out on someone your lying. Just the way it goes. Or is always nice though when your bluff gets called and you think crap, and all of a sudden you rake the pot. Of coarse you catch slack from people at the table but the fact is your still in the game and you got the chips. I don't recommend throwing your chips around like an idiot. But when this happens blow em off and keep playing your game and don't forget to thank the poker gods.

 

[eugenedav]

Bluffing is becoming overrated because everyone is prone to bluff catching. I would make sure I either have the stones or the virtual effective nuts for that board two pair, trips, straight etc.... As far as me bluffing goes I play the player everyone is different. Some ppl will challenge your bluff and others will be timid less receptive just fold depends.

 

[ChubbySin]

Several times

Several times, when it happens I try to remind how villain was bluffing and my hand strength, depending on pot size even if you fold for a bluff, it worths, mainly when villain put you in a hard spot!

I take it easy when it happens because to bluff is part of the game!

 

[Complx_Poker]

Yeah, I think you will find a moderate number of players that will bluff at a lot of pots. Especially when they have bet into you while only holding a draw themselves. When they miss the river, they are thinking, "wow i've put 25k into this pot already, And now i've missed, maybe they've missed too, i'll just rip it in." happens a lot when calling bluffs, a solid 35% of the time i'd say a river shove is because of a missed draw.

 

[MishkaZL]

I really like creating traps for such players. Don't worry, in the long run, if you don't play with junk you will always have an advantage and it will bring you money.

 

[Banjois]

Bluffs need to be done correctly though. It needs to form part of your story. You're not going to bluff your villain off every flop turn or river. But if you bet the draws on the board and then make a big bet when they ostensibly "hit", it can be quite intimidating for the opponent. It looks like you bet a draw and hit it. Easy fold for your friendly neighbourhood villain.
Similarly, if the story makes no sense. (e.g. betting a draw that DOESNT hit and then playing like it does), then bluff catchers can stand firm.

This.

I remember a while back, when I was doing a lot of writing at the time, I was getting away with absolute murder at my weekly game with friends. I remarked on it to another friend, and he said "Well, of course. You're sitting writing stories all day, so when you get to the card game you're prepped to be good at it there, too."

 

[Sergei 9417]

Without a doubt, bluffing is an integral part of poker, I bluff when I have enough BB and my opponents are tight.

 

[CourtJester]

Bluffing is definitely an art form. I also do it when players at the table are tight. My absolute favorite thing to do is call someone on an all-in bluff when I have the nuts

 

[MrPokerVerse]

If not bluffing now and then, you're probably not winning much either. If the table dynamics are favorable for a bluff, have to try.

As far as paying for information or calling a bluff. Have no problem with calling. If doesn't cost much, someone is calling from every position, it is well worth it to know. Makes it easier to bluff someone over playing marginal hands from early position.