Making A Move In Poker
June 25, 2008 – 1:05 pmIf you want to go far in tournaments, you need to win some hands when you don’t have the goods. This means you have to make some bluffs. Read on and you’ll see some types of bluffs that are used.
The types of moves range from simply stealing the blinds, to complex bluffs. We will be looking at examples where we probably, or definitely, don’t have the best hand. In these hands, we will try to convince our opponents to fold.
One of the easiest bluffs to run is stealing the blinds. You raise with a weak hand hoping everyone folds. You should be the first to act in this bluff. Short stacks will push all in to make this steal. Bigger stacks can push the small stacks around by constantly stealing the blinds.
One of the most powerful plays in poker is the check raise. You are in the big blind and call a raise from the button. You miss the flop completely.
You check and he bets the pot. You come back with a pot sized, or more, re-raise. If he doesn’t fold, you will stop betting and cut your losses.
The semi-bluff is a little different. You have KQ of hearts. You call a raise from middle position from the big blind.
The flop shows J74 with two hearts. When your opponent raises you have to decide how to play this. I think here you can go all in, and put your opponent to the test.
If he folds your bluff has worked. If you get called, you have outs. Any heart gives you flush. This is what a semi-bluff looks like.
The post oak bluff is quite different. You have been calling some moderate raises with a speculative hand. When the last card hits you know your only chance to win is to get a fold.
In this situation you make a small raise. This bet looks like you want to get called. If you try this play you need your opponent understands that this small bet represents a big hand that wants a call.
This is just a small sample of the types of plays that you need to use to keep building your stack. If you want to go deep in tournaments, you need to bluff. You must make moves like these to make chips with weak cards.
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