Bluffing and bluff strategy is one of the hardest and most fundamental parts of poker. Without a doubt, if you do not bluff in poker, there is no way you can be a successful poker player. When you bluff and want to pretend that you have the best hand, you want to look as honest and as strong as possible. You really do have the best hand, so your behavior must be according to that. When you play online your “strong behavior” is very difficult to show. Often it is considered that very quick decision makers tend to have strong hands. It is also considered that if you wait a long time you are unsure whether your hand is good or not. That behavior is good to keep in mind while playing online.

There are some basic strategies you should keep in mind when trying to win hand by bluffing.

Bluffing is by far the most interesting aspect of poker. It’s great to win a hand with a hand with 7-2o  - and show your cards afterwards. Bluffing is a very important tactic that every poker player needs to master in order to advance his game. Very aggressive and stupid bluffs should be shown to all players. That kind of bluff should be done only once per night. (Because there is a chance that it could become expensive “show”)

Bluffing hints and tips

Here are some basic hints and tips for bluffing poker:.

• What position are you - this is extremely important, best position (in almost every case) is the late position. In late position you have a good idea of how good other people's hands are.
• If you bluff try to make the hand as cheap as possible, so that you minimize your losses
• If the table where you are playing is very loose forget bluffing. You make more money if you play tight (and aggressive) poker
• Note the person that you are trying to bluff and his characteristics
• Do you still have outs (are you semi bluffing) or you are sure that you can't have the best hand even after all the cards are out
• Avoid bluffing in small stakes tables, many players might call your bluff anyway. If you are playing $1/$2 and you bet $30 at a pot, it is very likely for the other player to call you with the second or third best hand. Again, that depends on other players too; if they are college students, $30 might mean much more to them than if they are IT professionals
• Do Bluff at good/tight players. They will put you on the good hand more often than the loose players
• Don't bluff too much, because you will lose your image at the table.
• Do bluff at scary flops. If there is a possible flush at the flop - three of a suit on the flop - and you bet at it, people will most likely fold to you, because even if they have outs to hit, it is still hard to beat a flush.
• If you don’t bluff too much and you know your opponent is a tight player try also re-raises
• Do bluff more often when there are less players in the hand.
• Do bluff more often on the turn and river.
• If the tables flop % is low, make sure you bluff % is very low. Don't ever try to bluff at a hand where there are over 4 people playing in it. It is very likely that you will be called by at least one of them.
• Don't bluff bad/loose players. Bad players don't necessarily know when they are beaten or when they should fold. So even though it might be obvious to you that they should fold their hand to your fold, most of the time they don't.
• Don't show your cards every time you bluff, some say that you should never show any of your hands. The less you give information about your self, less your enemies know about you.
• If you have been caught bluffing recently, play tight.
• Don't bluff when you just lost a big hand or have lost a series of hands.
• Pay attention to your opponents tight player might fold even if you make a small bet, if a tight player calls be careful or become more aggressive. It’s up to you!

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