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neptun1914
Legend
Silver Level
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Andy_mirON
Enthusiast
Silver Level
If someone has a method that worked at 100 percent of what it would have been a millionaire and poker would have ceased to exist)))
But in general, everyone has his own method to calculate a bluff:
I look at how the current distribution and how to play this player to it, at the time of its decision-making and on bet sizes, if a player plays the same time it is very difficult to read his bluff without a long game at the same table and the information on it.
But in general, everyone has his own method to calculate a bluff:
I look at how the current distribution and how to play this player to it, at the time of its decision-making and on bet sizes, if a player plays the same time it is very difficult to read his bluff without a long game at the same table and the information on it.
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dlam
Visionary
Silver Level
Bluffing to player specific. I made mistake of trying to bluff someone I only observe for few minutes and got called easily. It’s better to have some history with him or at least watch how he plays several hands to the river before attempting a bluff. Sometimes the bluffs work on a newbie player you never encounter before but I think it’s more successful if you know he willing to fold. There are players that don’t fold and it doesn’t cost you anything to observe that then to have you try and get called on a failed bluff.
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
Bluff catching is an art. Part of it is to check, if the story make sense? Would he play any of his strong hands this way, or does this smell like a line, that is really designed to make me fold?
Example: We were 7 players left in small MTT, where 6 places paid, so right on the bubble. I was the third shortest stack with around 25BB. Someone was very short with 6BB. I open AQ for 2.5BB and the chip leader in BB massages it up to 5BB. I call. Flop come AJ7 rainbow, and now he open jam for around 2 times the pot. If I call and lose, I am the bubble boy, so I have a huge incentive to fold.
However I strongly feel, that this player is aware of that. He named himself "agromonster", and seemed like a decent LAG. And also if he had a very strong hand like AA, JJ or AJ, why play it so fast? He had 3 streets to get the money in, so would he not try to rope me in by betting small on the flop, a bit more on the turn, and then rest in on the river?
This smelled like a bluff to me, so I called, and he had KK. Unfortunately he got there on the river, and I was out, but the important is, I made a correct call based on the fact, that his story made no sense.
It was also a correct call from a game theory standpoint, because AQ is one of the very best hands, I can even have. AA, JJ and AK probably get committed preflop. So if I fold AQ on this board, I only give him action with exactly AJ, 77 and A7s, and he can run me over with bluffs.
Example: We were 7 players left in small MTT, where 6 places paid, so right on the bubble. I was the third shortest stack with around 25BB. Someone was very short with 6BB. I open AQ for 2.5BB and the chip leader in BB massages it up to 5BB. I call. Flop come AJ7 rainbow, and now he open jam for around 2 times the pot. If I call and lose, I am the bubble boy, so I have a huge incentive to fold.
However I strongly feel, that this player is aware of that. He named himself "agromonster", and seemed like a decent LAG. And also if he had a very strong hand like AA, JJ or AJ, why play it so fast? He had 3 streets to get the money in, so would he not try to rope me in by betting small on the flop, a bit more on the turn, and then rest in on the river?
This smelled like a bluff to me, so I called, and he had KK. Unfortunately he got there on the river, and I was out, but the important is, I made a correct call based on the fact, that his story made no sense.
It was also a correct call from a game theory standpoint, because AQ is one of the very best hands, I can even have. AA, JJ and AK probably get committed preflop. So if I fold AQ on this board, I only give him action with exactly AJ, 77 and A7s, and he can run me over with bluffs.
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June4Spades
Rock Star
Bronze Level
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fundiver199
Legend
Loyaler
That would have been enough tell for me.
Probably not the best screenname to choose, if you want to get away with some bluffing LOL
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Anglermeister
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have no special way to bluff. Generally I bluff a little and often semi bluffs when I have draws.
In a WCOOP tournament I recently had some bluffs where the opponents folded 90%, but I sat with the players for a long time at the table. You need a good feeling, intuition and luck. There are days when the bluffs do not work.
In a WCOOP tournament I recently had some bluffs where the opponents folded 90%, but I sat with the players for a long time at the table. You need a good feeling, intuition and luck. There are days when the bluffs do not work.
Donsmak
Enthusiast
Silver Level
After playing two years of MTT micro stakes my biggest buying so far is like 11 $, people inted to bluff when blind get big , and we close to the money... It's like no one bluff in early stage unless they invest so much in pot some people doesnt know when they give up.. Also the player with more chips bluff more often than with small chips..
Correct me if i am wrong
Correct me if i am wrong
