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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
What Is a Well-Timed Poker Bluff?
Friday, February 4th, 2011 by Phil
How to Time Poker Bluffs
A key component of poker is bluffing. Learning how to bluff opponents will give you an advantage in game play. Bluffing can also prevent players from learning your betting strategy.
Situations Where Bluffing is Good Strategy
Bluffing can be a critical part of your game if you know when to bluff. Before you bluff, you should know whether you can pull it off. Factors affecting that include:
- The type of players in the game
- The number of players
- Your own image that you have presented in the game
- You ability to pick up on other players cues
- The size of the pot that you are playing for
- Timing in the game
Before you bluff, you should have an idea of the type of players. Players who call every bet are impossible to bluff.
It only makes sense to bluff against one or two opponents. If you have three or more opponents involved in the hand, don’t bluff.
Consider your table image. Bluffing works best when you’ve won a couple of hands with a strong hand at the showdown. Stop bluffing if your hand has been caught in the cookie jar already.
Reading players; tells will give you an advantage in the bluffing. If you know when yor opponents are holding weak hands, you’ll be able to bluff them. Don’t bluff players with strong cards.
And don’t bluff when the flop has face cards showing.
The larger the pot, the harder it is to win with a bluff.
Your timing should be impeccable when you bluff.
The Best Bluffing Strategy
Winning poker players know the best bluffing strategies and tactics. Take into account all of the tips above when deciding whether or not to bluff, and only bluff when you’re likely to win the pot.
