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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Bluffing micros online


Some students of the online game recommend never bluffing. They make a good case-and I think it's a solid one-that simply waiting for good cards and then playing them aggressively is a sufficiently profitable strategy. Since most players call too much, it only makes sense to exploit their flaw by pushing your good hands and throwing away the rest.
If you come out raising cheesy hands on a tight table, you might be able to steal a few hand but eventually players will get tired of this. Best bet: just wiat for good cards. Wait and push.
I'm not saying to completely throw bluffing out of your arsenal, just bluff those players who you know will be easily pushed off hands by any reads you have on these players.
Sure there are timid and scared players that may fold to your bluffs, but these same players will call most itmes and let them, we play better hands than them and soon we will be taking all their money with selective aggression.
If you find yourself in a game where selective aggression is not working,then you're in the wrong game and time to move on, there is a more profitable game out there.
The most important ingredient in selective aggression is discipline and the ability to be patient and wait for the right cards.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and hope you walk away with a better understanding of why bluffing doesn't work as well as you had been hoping.

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