tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post6748338125521494278..comments2023-10-19T06:24:54.917-07:00Comments on The Vegas Year: To Bluff or Not To BluffRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761319722482766069noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-90119144514505511752007-11-08T19:34:00.000-08:002007-11-08T19:34:00.000-08:00Tough one Rob.I would think he would call a small ...Tough one Rob.<BR/><BR/>I would think he would call a small bet. I think a nice strong value bet would be the best choice. Maybe at least a pot sized bet if you wanted to bluff at it. Say you bet $150 bucks. That's a nice strong bet. He'd have to think about it. A 50-75 bet I'd think he'd have to call just to see. That's my opinion...it's hard to if you don't know the tendencies of the other player.Check Raise Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657407499028094164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-88295462018440039702007-11-06T15:46:00.000-08:002007-11-06T15:46:00.000-08:00I miss the days of this blog that talk more about ...I miss the days of this blog that talk more about hands that happen over the course of a night. Now, we hear about 1. I loved reading about your minute-by-minute discussion of hands, a lot like the discussion of the WSOP qualifier tourney. Still love your blog though. Good luck at the tables. RyanPJS JR.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06842662089769244350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-84785168610162576922007-11-06T15:23:00.000-08:002007-11-06T15:23:00.000-08:00Interesting hand Robert.Did he look incredibly emb...Interesting hand Robert.<BR/><BR/>Did he look incredibly embarrassed when he exposed his cards?<BR/><BR/>You mentioned that you didn't know him well enough to know if he would lay down the hand.<BR/><BR/>But if the guy looked embarrassed or uneasy, my guess is that he might be even more embarrassed to make a river call, knowing that you know what he has and are still willing to make that bet. (I have flashbacks of Hellmuth on HSP saying something along the lines of, "This is either going to be a monster call, or I am going to look like a complete idiot." Same with Kenny Tran during WSOP coverage.) Nobody wants to look like an idiot. And if the guy already felt foolish . . . he might not want to compound that.<BR/><BR/>I would probably go for a bet around 2/3 the size of the pot. It's not too big to make him think that you are just pushing him off (particularly assuming that you both have about $500 behind), but it's enough that it's not an insta-call with a 7-high flush. And your prior actions wouldn't necessarily lead him to believe that you had nothing going into the river. A higher made flush would probably smooth call the turn bet with all of the other players coming along for the ride, so it's not an inconsistent story that you'd be telling.BWoPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934781459474787598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-82947076280896501452007-11-06T06:48:00.000-08:002007-11-06T06:48:00.000-08:00Do you guys not read?"And in reality I didn't know...Do you guys not read?<BR/><BR/>"And in reality I didn't know this other player well enough to bluff here. I wasn't sure what he would lay down to."<BR/><BR/>He clearly folded.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04311758060068305366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-72630079022660923662007-11-05T19:28:00.000-08:002007-11-05T19:28:00.000-08:00Why didn't you finish telling us what happened wit...Why didn't you finish telling us what happened with the hand? What are you on strike too?WillyRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05918615920965042372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38020978.post-86637684399600177682007-11-05T18:38:00.000-08:002007-11-05T18:38:00.000-08:00This may be one of the coolest hands I have ever r...This may be one of the coolest hands I have ever read/heard about. What was your bet in the end?KajaPokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418013282219981215noreply@blogger.com