By all of my other articles on online poker playing, you should know by now, that poker games like Texas hold’em is not just a simple card game with a set of rules you play and hope to win. Yes you use cards and you mix them and the dealing of cards has some factors of randomness, but its how you play your cards that matters, not like rolling dices and hoping to get a 6 eyes.
One of the factors that a lot of poker players use s bluffing, a bluff can be when you have a bad hand, acting like a big shot making some big bets, trying to scare your opponent away, or trying to make him bet even more because you know you can beat him.
You could also do the opposite, if you have a good hand, try not to let the opponent know, catch him like a fish, let him bet, or even go all in, then you catch him like a big fish and win all the money, Now that good poker.
But bluffing is a tricky thing to do, most people get somehow caught trying to bluff and then they will loose a lot of money.
The great thing about bluffing is sometimes to reveal your bluff if you have won, not to brag but to piss your opponent off, so it affects his playing.
The very first thing you need to see about is the position you strike from. Late position is the ideal spot to start bluffing. But still don’t bluff always, cause then people will try to catch you.
Its very important to find the right guy to buff, a very bad victim is the aggressive guy, the one that bets a lot, and uses the forces of luck. (He will break down by him self at some point).
Never overdo the rising when bluffing, remember you don’t want to be catch in bluffing. You want him to think that you are forcing him to bet to the pot because you have a big hand, when you actually have a bad hand and can accept to win what’s already in the pot.
Bluffing online is not as easy as in real life, not that its easy in real life, cause then you have to think about not revealing anything with body language, which would be fatal, and a very known looser factor.
