korkheled 
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| 01 Oct 2006 10:43 AM |
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So have you ever tried manipulating the bluff with betting signals? It's expensive but can get your opponents to fold before the waterfall starts. |
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vicki h
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| 02 Oct 2006 4:24 AM |
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I find when I bluff or try to work out whether others are that a hesitation prior to betting works. If someone places a large bet before the flop, I figure they've got a pocket pair and it's most likely aces or kings if it's a quick bet. If they linger, I'm not quite as sure. I've learned it works for me too. |
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parise
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| 02 Oct 2006 1:16 PM |
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so is there really a technique behing bluffing and why isn't it considered to be cheating.? |
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Greenbean
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| 02 Oct 2006 7:54 PM |
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I rarely bluff just because I'm not very good at it. My husband is excellent at it because he carries his skills into other games. He has a great poker face, and you never know if that smirk is the sign of a good hand or a bad hand.
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madhatter
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| 29 Oct 2006 10:08 PM |
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NO LIMIT texas hold is about setting people up and trapping them. A good way to bluff is play very very tite and bet when you have the goods and people will figure out you are a lock box then all teh sudden you can steal a few pots off people because they think you are a lockbox |
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Kathy Lang
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| 30 Oct 2006 9:08 AM |
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All poker (and most card games for that matter) are partially about reading the other players. It's one thing to know the stats, but it's just as important to know when the other player has you beat no matter what the stats say. That's not cheating, it's just part of the skill involved in the game (like reading a play in football). |
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wondering
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| 01 Nov 2006 5:59 PM |
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Bluffing isn't cheating - no way! Texas Hold em is definately all about that - that's how you play the game! Stealing the pot sucks, but that's just the way that it goes and it's entirely different.
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madhatter
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| 02 Nov 2006 4:46 PM |
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I love poker players especially good ones because they know when to bluff when to fold etc. They just have the great instict it takes to know when you can make a guy lay down. Its hard to explain that being a good bluffer is all about setting people up for it |
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Kathy Lang
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| 02 Nov 2006 7:06 PM |
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Not only is it about setting people us, it's about reading people. I love watching the pros read the other players. It's sometimes like they can hear the announcers. Just when you think they are in for a butt kicking, the other guy folds. |
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penguinmama
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| 03 Nov 2006 6:29 AM |
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I don't have a good poker face. If I were to play pro, I wouldn't just need sunglasses, I'd need a full face mask! LOL.
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wondering
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| 05 Nov 2006 10:51 AM |
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I think it's foolish to play pro without all that gear, because it's sometimes impossible to hide your reaction in the eyes. Unless you're like, Superman or something
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madhatter
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| 06 Nov 2006 8:36 PM |
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i say most top pros dont wear all the gear to name a few who dont daneil negraunio sp? doyle bronson mike matusauw when it comes down to brass tacks most players dont even try to read players they just play those are just gimics |
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xeric
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| 07 Mar 2007 2:24 AM |
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[QUOTE]korkheled wrote
So have you ever tried manipulating the bluff with betting signals? It's expensive but can get your opponents to fold before the waterfall starts.[/QUOTE]
should be tried once..!! |
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vicki h
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| 07 Mar 2007 12:51 PM |
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It certainly is! It's part of the fun and the drama of the game, and not to be dismissed once you're at a certain point in your game. |
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zane123456
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| 16 Jun 2007 11:46 AM |
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i have tried to stay away from bluffing but sumtimes i have the tendancy to do that and it costs me big time.not much of a bluffer me |
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zane123456
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| 20 Jun 2007 9:58 AM |
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i cant bluff so what would my salution be.i get it dont bluff |
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vicki h
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| 20 Jun 2007 3:54 PM |
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OK, if you're a good bluffer, what do you reckon your percentage of wins is on hands where you bluff? |
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wilsoncfc
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| 08 Jul 2007 9:23 AM |
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when i play a hand i wait for someone to make the careless move by sitting out a few hands till some sort of donka rrives at my atble and then when he/she isnt expecting it i pounce :))_ |
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reshave
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| 18 Aug 2007 12:06 PM |
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maybe u can but there are players and players....with a few u can bluff but others just wait that u make the firdt move and thei may have a good hand ...that's why i rarely bluff |
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rinky
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| 05 May 2009 4:17 AM |
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When a player checks, the legitimate signal is that the player is again holding a weak or mediocre hand. The deceptive signal is that the player may be slowplaying, but more so, that the player may be check-raising. To ban check-raising from your game means to ban a deceptive signal that balances a legitimate one. In effect, when a player checks where check-raising is banned, that player is not just representing a weak hand, that player is likely kissing the betting round goodbye. Even if it does come back at him, he can't raise. If you wanted to raise but were worried about other raisers, you could officially count the callers out from further raising. |
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