When to turn my hand into a bluff.

Originally Posted by DJJunkPauds

Undoubtedly my hand reading needs work, but in what way do you mean specifically, as related to this? Also, isn't this topic a part of the "basics of value betting and winning pots when no one has anything"? Perhaps you could be more specific.


Littleogre: which CotW?

No turning hands with showdown value into bluffs is a pretty advanced concept, and it requires impeccable hand-reading skill to be able to determine the situations in which it is proper to do so.

Originally Posted by Renton

No turning hands with showdown value into bluffs is a pretty advanced concept, and it requires impeccable hand-reading skill to be able to determine the situations in which it is proper to do so.

Aha, well see, what I was doing was the opposite. I was automatically turning them in to bluffs, for fear that taking them to showdown is too advanced a theory, and required impeccable hand reading skill. The fear that if I sacrifice initiative, I'm not going to know where I'm at.