What's Your Favorite Bluffing Strategy?

[anasslaaleg]

Discuss different bluffing techniques and how to read opponents.

 

[Acechador]

My favorite bluffing strategy is to tell a consistent story that aligns with the board and my previous actions. I focus on timing and bet sizing to make it believable, and I choose spots where my opponent is likely to fold marginal hands.

 

[anasslaaleg]

Ma stratégie de bluff préférée consiste à raconter une histoire cohérente qui correspond au tableau et à mes actions précédentes. Je me concentre sur le timing et la taille des mises pour rendre le tout crédible, et je choisis les endroits où mon adversaire est susceptible de coucher des mains marginales.

Bluffing is an essential strategy in many competitive games, particularly in poker, and can also be applied in negotiations, debates, or other strategic interactions. A successful bluffing strategy involves creating a misleading perception of your intentions or situation to influence your opponents' decisions.

 

[Suns of Beaches]

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I can highly recommend this book if you want to be well versed in the art of bluffing.
Since this category is about learning poker, there is one rule that is of utmost importance: The better the player is the easier it is to bluff him, and the worse the player is the harder it is to bluff him. This is a paradox off course. So the lower the stakes you play the less value bluffing has. Theoretically speaking this is due to the lack of bluff equity.

So on high stakes (the stakes that u play) u can basically bluff nonstop and people just fold?

 

[milka1605]

I rarely bluff. But if I bluff, I try to do it in such a way that the opponent actually thinks that my card is bigger than his.The more realistic it looks, the greater the chance that the bluff will succeed.

 

[Tammy]

So on high stakes (the stakes that u play) u can basically bluff nonstop and people just fold?

That's what you glean from his post? Are you just trying to be a troll? Come on, man. I think you know full well what he meant. It's "easier" to bluff more experienced players (assuming the bluffer is also experienced) because they are thinking on multiple levels. A newer player (presumably playing lower stakes) or more casual players simply might not be paying as close attention. It doesn't necessarily have to be low-stake vs. high stake players, but could also apply to recreational vs. pro or even just a more serious player.

 

[thetick33]

Discuss different bluffing techniques and how to read opponents.

basically you raise before flop then continuation bet...then if they call you have to keep betting....Sometimes you get caught....Another thing is not to bet then to like double their bet at certain points in hand based on their history of betting if see seems weak etc...

 

[anasslaaleg]

En gros, vous relancez avant le flop, puis vous continuez à miser... puis s'ils suivent, vous devez continuer à miser... Parfois, vous vous faites prendre... Une autre chose est de ne pas parier, puis de doubler leur mise à certains moments de la main en fonction de leur historique de paris si cela semble faible, etc.

I agree with you, sometimes in situations even if I don't have a strong hand, I try to bet then raise... I try to play more aggressively in bluff situations, sometimes I make the opponent believe that I have the game, in a way I bet and I analyze the opponent's reaction, if I'm wrong, then I check river, otherwise I go all in... it depends on the style of the players on the tables with experience, you can feel how we can exploit hands in bluffing

 

[SpanRmonka]

I love the delayed C vet, to check the flop bluff the turn.

Many players will float a flop c bet, but fold to a turn bet as they feel, rightly so, that they have less chance to improve. I find this strategy works well at all stakes, but at lower stakes it tends to be more sucessful

 

[R.Holynskyi]

Discuss different bluffing techniques and how to read opponents.

I often take notes on players who bluff. I rarely bluff myself, but if I do, I need to know my opponent well. So, to bluff, I need to have played with my opponent for at least some time at the table and have had the opportunity to observe his actions beforehand. I never bluff for no reason or by accident.

 

[sibkaz]

I have a trepidation about bluffing...like salt in a dish, unfortunately sometimes I either under-salt or over-salt ))))

 

[Stringy]

all in when i have 5x+ their stack

 

[infonazar]

Discuss different bluffing techniques and how to read opponents.

I bluff when I am sure that my opponent knows my game well and feels the strength of my hand. This is not difficult to determine, so I choose the right moment for bluffing in 95% of cases.

 

[dreamer13]

If all players sat and waited for the best hand to calmly take down the pot, poker would not only lose much of its appeal, but it would also reduce the possibility of profit to zero, since players would become completely predictable.The success of a bluff is often determined by the opinions of other players about you. If you have been caught bluffing before, you are less likely to be believed the next time. If you have an image of a serious player who regularly shows strong cards at showdown, your opponents will be more likely to believe you.If you've been checking or calling throughout the hand, don't expect your opponents to believe you've hit a monster on the river.

 

[kecoakbogor]

i bluff when my chip more than enemy, make them scare, raise and raise LOL

 

[Manf1]

Sometimes in check raise in flops where my opponent more frequently wrong the cards and else apply a cbet

 

[kecoakbogor]

all in when my chips 3x their chips

 

[tagece]

Check raise Bluff. But I only use it with very specific opponents. And sometimes it goes very wrong...

 

[heguli82]

All in at first hand of the tournament and when everybody folds, i flip over 72o. And im not bluffing, just wanted to win with 72o

 

[anasslaaleg]

All in at first hand of the tournament and when everybody folds, i flip over 72o. And im not bluffing, just wanted to win with 72o

Of course, we can't know which cards can fall, nor the players' cards, fortunately no one has a strong hand can follow, in this case you flip, it remains probabilities, But what are the best strategies to give an image of an honest person and believe in your bluff, it remains a role that the player must play as in the theater.

 

[Dimidrol2]

Bluffing is definitely a part of poker, and it's stupid not to use it, but you need to understand what it can lead to. I kind of manage to use it, but I'm not a fan of this strategy.

 

[ancakeul]

when you play allot you will read people like books

 

[martDdart]

Raise preflop and make a continuation bet against maximum one opponent at the flop.

 

[ROYALROAD]

Well, it depends on the conditions at the time.
I also try to make sure to bluff whenever the time comes, but it's not easy to do.

 

[63burner]

I try not to over-bluff, or if chipped up, not to bluff and bully smaller stacks, as if to mock them. That is to be avoided, because a mocked opponent will come gunning to knock out the player who had bullied them earlier. I like to bluff once the table everybody is ITM, so that any bluff I make, is not damaging any BR from that particular game. After a long game of grinding, if you take someone out who is ITM, it isn't membered like a bluff that sends an opponent out of the tournament at the bubble, for example.