Getting More Out of Your Bluffs – The “Delayed” Bluff

Looking for another way to increase your poker profits? Let’s examine an interesting little bluffing technique that will provide you with a bit of protection, and also pay out more.

We’ll call this technique the “Delayed” bluff. It’s basically a simple way to decrease your chances of being called when you bluff, and increase the pot you’ll win.

First, let’s examine how it works:

The “Delayed” bluff in action:

The top poker players in the world understand that body language is one of the most important aspects of winning. Knowing when a player is trying to bluff you and steel your poker chips can be the difference between winning and loosing. At the same time, when you decide to bluff, you must understand which tells to avoid in order to successfully pull of your bluff. The following is a list of some important things to remember about tells and body language.

10 Tips to improve your poker game:

10) Thank the gods: If you’re opponents are obviously inexperienced, or playing very poorly and seem helpless, than this is where you want to be! Maximize your good fortune and exploit their weaknesses.

9) Adjust to the tables flow: If the table is playing very tight, start bluffing more. If the table is playing too loose, maximize value by raising with medium and strong hands.

8) Attack the blinds: When the blinds are playing too tight, take advantage by raising the blinds from late position, either the button or the cut-off position.