Re: Optimum bluffing frequency question
first off that section in TOP
is more applicable to noncommunity card games
where your cards are hidden
if you want to bluff in the LHE
its all about board textures
kindof like writing a story
the action must make sense up to that point
and only bluff vs those who arent sd bound
they have a low WTSD% and b/f far too often
example hand
you raise from CO or button with your KsJs
the sb folds and the TAG bb 3bets
flop is Ts 6 5
so you currently have 6 pair outs and 1.5outs for a bdf
but your K outs may be dirty so we discount those by half
all together you have about 6outs
getting 7.5:1 from the pot makes this an easy call
turn is a 9 youre better off just calling here
with your monstrous amount of outs
hes unlikely to fold any hand in his range
and you may have as many as ten outs
if the turn is lets say an A
this is a good spot to bluff
if your opponent will b/f many of his pps
we no longer have the odds to call because
at this point all we can hope for
is for villian to barrel again with pps lower than Ts
if vililan is a true tag this pretty much means 99
but if we now turn our hand into a bluff by raising
we may get him to laydown the best hand
if his hand does not include an ace in it
and if he 3bs given that we may get
1 or 2bets in on the river
we now have the odds to call
drawing to our gutshot
just make sure if you had an A in this spot
youd routinely play it the same way
or anytime you raise this spot it looks like a bluff
we can easily have an ace here ourselves
given our preflop raise and our flop peel
so our TAGgish opponent will be hardpressed to call
with anything less than an ace
just be sure to not attempt bluffs
against those who wont fold
hope this helps
gl
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