Theory: Bluffing (can you pull it off at < NL 100???)

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lol, wth?

did you guys even read my post? i said BIG RIVER BLUFFS. I mean shoving the rest of your stack on a bluff. The stuff you guys talk about, i hope everybody at 2+2 is already doing it. the examples i see here are "bet when you have position and it is checked to you," which are fairly obvious.

1 dollar pots aren't "big bluffs." They are bluff catchers, and the other guy doesn't have a hand. If people have a hand, they're going to call 1 bb on the river. Maybe I should show this hand again, by what i mean a big river bluff.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP2 ($24.65)
CO ($26.35)
Button ($9)
SB ($68.15)
BB ($24.90)
UTG ($7.85)
<font color="#C00000">UTG+1 ($88)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($48.80)</font>

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to $1.5</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls $1.25, Hero calls $1.25.

Flop: ($4.85) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $3.75</font>, UTG+1 calls $3.75, Hero calls $3.75.

Turn: ($16.10) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $9</font>, CO folds, UTG+1 calls $9.

River: ($34.10) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $34.10

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG+1 has 9c 2c (two pair, sixes and twos).
Hero has 8d Td (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins $34.10. </font>

You really think this guy is going to call a shove with bottom pair??

And this is the innate difficulty. At smaller stakes, you can't push people off of their hands.

At higher stakes, you're too afraid, or unfamiliar, with how to do so. Where do you find the medium?