These will be players who are better than your average fish and understand what types of hands you are representing with your bets. We want to target players that are capable of folding made hands if they think they are beat. Our first rule is therefore that we don't want to bluff calling-stations or huge fish. This is great if you want to extract value, but not so great if you want to bluff. A common complaint about lower-limit games is that players just don't fold anything. Who should you Bluff?īefore we consider when we should bluff we will think about who make good targets for bluffing. To benefit the most from this article it will help to have read the articles “What are Ranges?” and “TAG approach”. If you only ever bet when you have strong hands you will start to become predictable.Įven if you don't need to bluff in certain games, a selection of well-timed bluffs can have a nice impact on your win-rate. As you climb the limits and face tougher opponents, bluffing becomes a necessary part of the game.
It's possible to beat the lower limits in poker without ever bluffing – just waiting for strong hands and value-betting. Any time your opponent folds a hand that would normally win, you've made a profitable bluff. In Texas Hold Em, The goal of a “bluff” is to get your opponent to fold a hand better than yours.
