Your decision on whether to bluff will be made based upon what position you are sitting in and your opponents previous actions. Playing your position correctly is how you increase your profit. That applies to bluffing as well as playing in general. Combining bluffing strategy with your position is the secret. You will usually be bluffing closest to the button or on the button itself. Because you are last to act and get the benefit of seeing the action as it comes around after the flop. If rags flop or if the board pairs and no one has it, then in most tight games it will be checked around. This is a bluffing opportunity. In a tight game, when rags hit the flop is it unlikely anyone made a big hand other then the small blind or big blind. Pay attention to these players because they could have been going into the flop with anything, the other players you may be able to assume didn't hit the flop if you've noticed a pattern in their playing style including strong starting hands. You bet out after they check to you in these situations on a rag flop and likely take down 2 out of 5 pots right there. If there are 2 other players in the hand and this happens then you are getting 2 to 1 on the bluff. So as long as you take it down 1 out of 3 times when doing this you will break even. You are taking down 2 out of 5 so it is a profitable proposition. You can further enhance your odds, by reading the other player's hands and being able to tell if it is one of those 2 in 5 chances you would take it down.
So its now been explained how easy it is to break even by doing this just by winning 1 out of 3 times if there is 3 people in pre-flop. Then on the turn what do you do if some people call and check down to you again? It depends. Put your opponent on a hand, why would he have called the first bet, does he have a draw, a low pocket pair or is he even slowplaying a big hand? If there is two to a suit, you can guess that someone may be looking for a flush. Two connectors, someone may be looking for a straight. Don't just throw chips in at this point without thinking about what the other players have. Read the table and decide whether or not you should take another stab at it. Alot of the time, the best plan is to slow down on the turn and check-fold. If you sense weakness from the player and it is a good possibility he was drawing to the turn, then you can fire another bullet on the turn, but make it big enough that the player wont have odds to call you.
Don't bluff against players you have decided are fish or calling stations. These players don't recognize the significance of a bet or raise and will call out your bluffs with mediocre hands. Don't bluff them. Wait for good cards and then bet them out, they will still call you, and that's when you take their chips. You should be bluffing against average or strong players.
So you bet on the turn because you think the other players or players won't keep calling. One of them folds, and you now are heads up on the river with one guy who keeps calling you down. Has he been and will he call you down with medium pair or high pair and low kicker? Or, maybe he didn't make the flush or the straight. If you check now he will certainly bet or check down and have the better hand, either way you lose. Should you put a stab at it again ? You already have enough invested in the pot that you don't want to let go. The river can be a hard place to decide whether or not to bluff. Usually if they called you out that far they will call to the river again, so unless you are increasing your bet substantially expect them to call.
If your up against a solid player you have to weigh your options, checking might be the best option because he's already on to you and will call you out, on the other hand if it is a super-tight player you may be able to make them lay down on the river with a big bet even if they hold a solid hand.
Sujet: bluffing Strategy 
Mer 29 Avr - 13:26
