https://www.pokertraining.com/poker/blog/how-to-lie-like-a-pro-the-art-of-bluffing/ Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.pokertraining.com/poker/blog/how-to-lie-like-a-pro-the-art-of-bluffing/#comment-34 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 07:34:47 +0000 http://www.advancedpokertraining.com/poker/blog/?p=477#comment-34 In a satellite tournament, I have about 85k with blinds of 1k/2k and 200 antes. Folded around to me on the button and I raise to 4200 with J10 off. BB calls and the flop comes KQ6 with two hearts. BB checks and I bet 3.5k BB calls. Turn is a 6 and we both check. River is an 8, BB checks, I bet 7.5k. After tanking for two minutes, BB calls with pocket threes. Could I have played this hand better. I felt the bluff on the river was well placed against a shorter stack as if he had to be right to make the call and if wrong, he was crippled. As I was one of the big stacks in the tournament, should I have coasted through a couple of levels or continued my aggressive play where I never showed down a weak hand. They paid 16 and I finished 28 after having my aces cracked to a flush hitting on the river. I would give myself an 85 for my play, i might have been a tad too aggressive when i had the big stack. In the past, I have usually gone very deep in most events, final tabling many times but always with a short stack. I recognized that I needed to really mix things up to have more ammunition for later levels and it was working. Suggestions please….

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