Re: Bluffing the Flush
So, Barfunkel, are you saying that when you make your straight, you bet for value, but when the flush card appears on the river, you bluff? Do you see the contradiction there?
Anyway, this is a well known concept. I think the first place I read it was probably in the holdem part of Super/System I.
Notable problems with this are:
* villains who will pay you off with hands that are losing to a flush
* villains who have a flush draw themselves (whoopsie daisy)
* If they won't pay off your (apparent) flush, they won't pay off the straight either. If you size the straight bet to get called you'll be giving away information.
* Everyone and their mother knows that people sometimes use scare cards to bluff. Besides, don't you think people will wonder why you're betting the pot with a hand that has theirs crushed? Wouldn't you be making a milking bet here, or check-raising or something?
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