Re: Never stone cold bluff
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How do you define "stone cold bluff"? Are you talking NL Holdem? Why just the flop?
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You catch complete air on the flop, turn and river.
Yes, NLHE.
After the flop, on any street.
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Okay. I classify a stone cold bluff as a hand where you have no pair, no draw, no overcards, don't have the initiative, have a very good table image and have an opponent has a real hand that he is capable of laying down. The doubt should slowly build in your opponent and then he faces the hammer and has a tough decision.
This is extremely difficult to do. You most likely cannot do it on the flop since you need to build a very good story about your hand. The best stories are told on the flop and turn play, so the river is the usual place to make this outrageous play.
In answer to your question, I would say most players are incapable of such a play and would lose more chips trying it than actually profiting from it.
Most players should stick to basic bluffing and get that down really well. This includes cbetting, stealing from the button, scooping orphaned pots, bluff checkraise, semi-bluffing, firing multiple barrels and attacking weakness in general. None of these are stone cold bluffs but most players should be able to do those types of bluffs fairly well.
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