Concepts of poker 101

Originally Posted by PlayToWin

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

Also, when we are betting or raising if gives us an opportunity to more profitably bluff, since there is no such thing as call bluffing!

Thanks for the lessons and continuing to help the BC. The above quote is a little confusing in this context. First, you are advocating betting instead of calling, which I understand. But then you end by talking about profitably bluffing. At what point are you turning your "good hand" into a bluff. You're not talking about bluffing the River after villian calls the Flop and Turn are you? At what stakes does bluffing become profitable? For this to be a "great post", we need more information. You go on, in point #3 to discourage bluffing. What's up with that?

I do bluff occasionally in 5NL/10NL, but tend to try it with a strong c-bet or sometimes a check/raise on a missed flop. If I'm called, then I'll get away from the hand.

I definitely can't speak for what ISF was saying but this is how I read and understand it... We can't bluff profitably if no one believes we have a good hand. If we have no history, they are probably going to call down lighter. If we've shown that we will be aggressive with good hands then they will give our bets more respect and might lay down marginal hands that beat our bluff. Am I close?