Art of the the bluff

Full Tilt Poker Game #2360883807: Table Ahey (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:08:00 ET - 2007/05/05
Seat 1: Figurine ($396)
Seat 2: XYZ123456 ($124)
Figurine posts the small blind of $2
XYZ123456 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Figurine [2c 5h]
Figurine raises to $12
XYZ123456 calls $8
*** FLOP *** [8h Tc Ah]
XYZ123456 checks
Figurine bets $17
XYZ123456 calls $17
*** TURN *** [8h Tc Ah] [9h]
XYZ123456 bets $23
Figurine raises to $367, and is all in
XYZ123456 folds
Uncalled bet of $344 returned to Figurine
Figurine mucks
Figurine wins the pot ($103.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $104 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8h Tc Ah 9h]
Seat 1: Figurine (small blind) collected ($103.50), mucked
Seat 2: XYZ123456 (big blind) folded on the Turn

heres a pretty good example of a bluff imo. our story adds up. we raise before the flop to show strength. flop comes with our strength card (ace) and we lead out representing it. he calls. turn card puts a 3 flush on board. theres 60 bucks in the pot and he bets 23.


hands he can have

1 pair

strait (no hearts)

Ax

a draw


1 pair he will lay down
Ax he might even lay down.
a draw hell probably lay down as well.



the only thing to be afraid of is the strait and maybe the top pair. here is the other beauty about this bluff. we have the five of hearts. if he calls and dosent have a heart, and a heart rivers. we win with the flush. its common for people to feel like if there a 3 flush on board and they have a low card that its not a "serious" flush draw because your opponent could have a higher one. but when bluffing and failing this could save you 30% of the time.


the problem i see in unexperienced poker is "yeah i knew he had something i just wanted him to fold."

thats bad thinkin, the times you should bluff your opponents is when they have nothing, but their nothing beats your nothing. bluffing someone off a big hand without a scary board is very hard to do, you should try to bluff your opponents off medium strength to weak hands.


Full Tilt Poker Game #1857509618: Table Vita (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:26:12 ET - 2007/02/23
jozexb posts the small blind of $2
JackDrinker posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JackDrinker [Ah 5c]
jozexb raises to $12
JackDrinker raises to $36
jozexb calls $24
*** FLOP *** [9d 8s 6c]
JackDrinker bets $52
jozexb calls $52
*** TURN *** [9d 8s 6c] [2c]
JackDrinker checks
jozexb bets $132
JackDrinker raises to $312, and is all in
jozexb folds
Uncalled bet of $180 returned to JackDrinker
JackDrinker mucks
JackDrinker wins the pot ($439.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $440 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9d 8s 6c 2c]
Seat 1: JackDrinker (big blind) collected ($439.50), mucked
Seat 2: jozexb (small blind) folded on the Turn



in this case he bet pre and i tried to take it down unsucsesfully. then the flop coame out and i fired with a gut shot, he called and that tels me he thinks i have AK or AQ but is not sure. the turn comes a blank. if he had a set. he would of raised the flop, so we can rule that out he has 77 1010 JJ AK AQ. i check too see what he does, if he checks, i give up on the hand. butt he makes a bet about 3/4 the pot. now i know hes smart, so i raise thinking he will think that i am jus deciding my KK or AA is good right here. and thats what i think he put me on and mucked his cards. also, if he is a bad player (which we wouldnt try this on) and calls with like JJ, we have 7 outs