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Poker – Your Opponent Might Be Bluffing If…
July 25th, 2009
1. It seems like he missed a flush or straight draw. Maybe the flop had two cards of the same suit and another one did not come on the turn or the river. Or maybe there was an obvious straight draw that did not get there. In a case like that, his only option might be to try a bluff.
2. It's just the two of you. If he's first to bet, or if you're first and you check to him, he could be bluffing. He won't always be bluffing just because there are only the two of you, but it's something you should keep in mind.
3. It cost him only one bet to steal the pot. If your opponent can induce you to make a mistake that will cost you the pot, and he can do so for only one bet, clearly he'll want to try that.
4. The pot is huge. I'd say that any pot with more than fifteen big bets qualifies in most players' minds as a huge pot, and is worthy of a steal attempt.
5. The player betting on the river, who's therefore possibly bluffing, raised preflop and no aces, kings, or queens are on the board.
6. Everyone checked on any round of the hand. This usually means that no one flopped anything worth protecting.
8. When two or more of the above reasons to believe your opponent might be bluffing are both true, the more likely it is that he's bluffing.
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Unfavorable Times To Bluff In Poker
July 24th, 2009
Take another look at the above list of favorable times to bluff. Now look at it from the other player's point of view. Everything you can figure out about the other players, they can also figure out about you. And there's only one of you to keep an eye on them, but there are nine of them to watch you. That's why it's so hard to get away with anything.
Here are some situations to beware of when thinking about a possible bluff:
1. Any flop with an ace. These flops are hard to bluff at because players just seem to play every time they get an ace. If one comes on the flop, it's very likely to have made someone a pair, so you'll certainly get called.
2. Any flop with a jack or a 10. These two cards are what all good straight draws are made of. Good players will usually have cards that would go well with jacks and 10s. You can practically forget about bluffing when there's both a jack and a 10 on the board.
3. If there was a preflop raise. This indicates that there are some premium hands out there, and you can't be sure that one of them isn't AA or KK (in which case you'll get called when you bluff on the river). Sometimes, a player will raise before the flop with 44 just for fun, and then call with it on the river-just for fun.
4. Many players in the hand. Yes, I've already mentioned this as a problem, but it's well worth keeping in mind all the time.
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