Poker Bluffing Tips

This Poker Bluffing Example will give you good Poker Bluffing Tips.

You have Ten-Jack suited Diamonds in the 9th position. You raise the BB when it’s your turn. The button folds, SB folds, BB calls and so do two others. Four hands are in to see the flop.

FLOP: 9d, 9s, 3c

You have basically missed the flop. You could catch running diamonds or suck out two cards to complete your straight. The first 3 players check, and now it’s to you.What do you do?

Being that you raised pre-flop, the other players will assume you have something.They think you have a pair, or an Ace-something, or maybe even K-something. The preflop raise is the most likely reason everyone checked to you.

In this situation, I would bluff. It’s not a major bluff. You could still suck out a straight or even a flush. But taking a raised pot on the flop, after missing the flop, is just good poker. You don’t want the other players to catch something that helps them in this situation. By checking to you, they have shown weakness. You should capitalize now.

Could one of them be putting a play on you? Yes they could be. They may be waiting for a check-raise. If one of them actually has the 9, they will show you. Then you’ll have to lay it down.

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In this poker bluffing example, if it was early, and the blinds were 10/15, and you raised it to 45 chips, there would now be (45*4 +10) 190 chips in the pot. My bluff bet would most likely be 100 chips at this point. You could also bet the pot. I would then be hoping a 100-chip bet would drive the others off.

In this poker bluffing scenario, if someone calls, then you have some thinking to do. You tried to bluff at it and failed. If they called, I would guess they had the 9, or a pair of threes. Either way, you are pretty much done. But, you could still suck out a better hand in the case of the player holding the 9.

If you get a caller, then you had better hope the turn card helps you. Let’s say you get a caller, the turn card comes 6h, no help. The caller checks to you. After such a terrible turn card, I’d be ready to call this hand quits. It would be very tough for me to commit any more chips to this pot. It would be very tough for me, at this point, to represent a hand that I tried, and failed to represent at the flop. I would probably just check it in, fold to a raise.

Say you get a caller, and the turn comes Qh. You’ve lost the flush possibility, but have an outside straight shot. The other player once again checks to you. In this case, I raise again, only larger, trying to drive the other player out. It’d be nice if the straight hits, but I really don't want to see the river card. In this situation though, after getting a caller, I would assume he has the 9. If the river doesn’t help me, I wouldn’t put any more chips in.

Almost nobody lays down a real three of a kind unless a very obvious straight or flush is on the board. If you get the straight with the river, you can try to break him. If not, pay him off and don’t commit any more chips.

Okay, same poker bluffing situation, same hand, only you are in the BB. The button raised (just twice the BB this time), and you called with your 10-Jd. There are two other players behind you. The flop came 9-9-3 as before.

You check the flop. It goes around and the button checks. Lets say this time; a 6h falls on the turn. It is at this point; I would try to steal the pot. Since everyone showed weakness, it’s time to take some initiative. You are in a very bad position, so all you will get at this pot is this one stab. Better make it good.

I would bet the size of the pot or so, if I could afford it. Because of your position, if anyone calls, you are done, and if anyone raises behind you, you also have to fold. Hopefully, you will take down the pot. What betting out of the blind does is force everyone behind you to see if the pot is worth it to keep playing.

It is better to win a small pot than lose a large one.