In this play poker online for free article you'll learn why it can be good to bluff on a paired board like 8-8-Q or K-K-6, 5-6-7-8 or Ac-Kc-5c-8c. For the first 2 example boards it's due to the mere idea of you having an 8 or K being enough to scare them off. Simply that, just the thought of it!
So if you bet strongly, you change your opponents mindset. They will think you must have an 8 or K even if you don't and may well fold their A-Q, for example.
On my 8-8-Q, my opponent will be if I have that 8 : If I've got the 8 and they have A-Q they are near on dead in the water. Only another Queen is going to help him make a better Full house and win.
If he had J-10 his calls (after his checks) will be very reluctant because he can complete a hand only from a gutshot, and that is unfavourable for him. Moreover, if he completes the Straight on the 8-8-9-Q board, I might have 9-8 (which no one knows if I have) for a Full House which will demolish his Straight.
So my bluff will work for the 8-8-Q. As for the K-K-6, my bluff is fine too as the players always imagine that you play big cards a lot more than small ones, and one of these could be a King (which, again, no-one knows if I have), and very few will be courageous to continue with a Six, because I can batter him two more times.
Now for the other two Boards.
Should the Flop comes 5-6-7 and I put my opponent on 7-6 (as a result of, maybe, a bet or a raise) I can call. Because if the 8 comes I'll bet strongly, even though I don't have the Nine, because his strong play on the Flop may imply he has a made hand already, now on the Turn, just one card can destroy him, and he'd better be careful.
And if he had a Nine he should have checked or called only on the Flop, while he has just a gutshot.
The same idea also is true of the Flush board. Furthermore, if the opponent is a strong player and he has, say, 6c-x (maybe 6c-5c while he is a strong player who plays connectors), on a board like Ac-Kc-5c-8c, they have still reason to be scared, and a strong bet can drive him off.
Why? Due to the fact his Flush kicker is only the 6c, and you might well have 7c or more, even if you don't, or even if you don't have a Club. His Flush is good only for call-calling or check-checking, not for strong betting, raising, or all-ins.
Once you know which boards are ideal to bluff, you can steal lots of pots. What if all your aggressive play is finally recognized? Say, 9-9-6 comes. You raise heavily again. The other guy now thinks your aggressive plays are simply bluffs, so he plays back.
Now you get paid off more handsomely because you have the 9-8 or A-9.
But suppose you're the one put into a decision with the A-Q on an 8-8-Q board? Say you bet, then he raises heavily. If you call, you might as well be all-in on the Turn, because you're nearly out of chips.
So you have to decide whether to move all-in now. Should you?
Should you have A-Q, you have Queens up, top kicker (Ace), and you certainly can hope that he has only a little pocket pair (say 10-10), a draw (say J-10), or Q-x (x is a lower kicker), and you can move all-in. If you're scared of him having the Eight, make him also be scared of your potentially having it, too. Even if no one has the Eight.
Or you can move all-in first making him fold (unless you suddenly have that read on him, or he is a poor player playing loads of rowdy hands).
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