Quote Originally Posted by bigred
Man, I must be playing at the wrong tables then. I swear I must have a sign on me that says "please call me I'm bluffing." I was referring to mostly the days when I played on party. Had a little trouble there since a lot of my game i sbased on agression and buying pots. I found that it just dind't work there. I'm back at stars now playing mainly SNG's but I will occasionaly play a few rings games. I've just found in the lower $25 tables and less that bluffing is a waste of money for me a lot of the time. Perhaps you pull it off better than I do.
I wonder, how aggressive are you, and how often are you buying pots? It might be that your table image is that of a bluffer and as such you're getting called more than usual. My table image is usually the classic tight/aggressive, although I'll change that at times just for fun. As a result decent players respect my raises and don't mix it up with me a lot. I do get some call-downs by fish, but as soon as I identify that kind of player, I stop bluffing and start looking for top pair-type hands.

I also wonder, what time of day do you play? I am strictly a 9 to 5-er. I don't play nights, I don't mix it up with the drunks and maniacs. The daytime games are usually (not always) tight enough that bluffs and semi-bluffs are quite profitable for me.