Classy Plays - Great Bluffs

[GotaFancy?]

Are you particularly proud of the way you played a hand? Is it a text book example to others of how to make a Great Bluff? Then post the hand history and thoughts and let us see

We dont care about results - whether you win or lose the hand is of no significance, whether you make money/chips or lose, makes no difference to the strength of your play - we dont want your bad beats here

Note: By posting your hand here you are inviting feedback, analysis and comment from others

How do you distinguish your great bluff from a numptie just shoving and praying? You maybe need more than one hand to be posted, with your comments/thoughts - to show the history that led you to make the decision, that made it more than a shove and pray.....

[ubermonkey1]

okay mines in this months pp from washys hilly home game
but i thought i would run through my side of the hand.

first off my table image was at the time was tight aggressive i hadn't played many hands ,those that i had didnt reach showdown.also bar 3 players i had played all the rest quite a bit and have a fairly tight image(i think)
my stack was about 3k blinds were 100/200

as i was utg+1 i knew a raise would almost certainly be taken as a strong hand so a steal would work unless somebody had a good hand .
if i was reraised i had enough to fold and still be ok .also i new i would be acting first post flop so if i got a caller and the flop looked unfavourable for the opponent i could probably take it down with a bet.
and i wanted to win the ipod i guessed a 72 would do the trick so i bet 600

as i turns out i did get a caller,washy took a little while to decide to call.this helped me a little as i put him on a j ,a 10,k j territory or maybe mid pp.dunno if i was right about that but i dont think i am to far off.

anyway with the flop coming q 3 3 i quickly pushed all in.i was pretty sure he didnt have any of that flop and i know he cant call unless he has at least kq ,and i reckon he would have called a little quicker pre flop with that so i took the risk.
luckily the bluff got through and if hilly called it ballsy i reckon it's gotta go in the classy plays section.

[Jaded]

Muppet, moi? Check this out for an awesome small bet bluff, having previously built up a fairly tight image.

Game #6520429554: £3.5K Super series (ID5964037) £15+£2 - Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2007/12/03 - 19:52:13 (UK)
Table "5964037 - 4" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Jomkywin (575 in chips)
Seat 2: Fishycake (2575 in chips)
Seat 3: Stapes34 (4585 in chips)
Seat 4: Thinman (3245 in chips)
Seat 5: Majella (2440 in chips)
Seat 6: Jadedj (1695 in chips)
Seat 7: Rish001 (1335 in chips)
Seat 8: Rach15066 (2525 in chips)
Seat 9: Jami04072 (3910 in chips)
Seat 10: Duffy24 (2105 in chips)
Fishycake: posts small blind 15
Stapes34: posts big blind 30
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Jadedj [Ah 6h]
Thinman: folds
Majella: folds
Jadedj: raises to 90
Rish001: folds
Rach15066: folds
Jami04072: calls 90
Duffy24: folds
Jomkywin: calls 90
Fishycake: calls 75
Stapes34: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Ks 3s Jh]
Fishycake: checks
Jadedj: bets 270
Jami04072: calls 270
Jomkywin: folds
Fishycake: folds
----- TURN ----- [Ks 3s Jh][9d]
Jadedj: checks
Jami04072: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Ks 3s Jh 9d][Kh]
Jadedj: bets 270

[slapdash]

Originally Posted by Jaded

having previously built up a fairly tight image.

That's the bluff that impresses me.

[robilaruk]

Originally Posted by slapdash

That's the bluff that impresses me.

y'see its all a matter of interpretation - in JJ's mind a 'fairly tight image' means him folding two hands in a row, and one of them being his BB, when he ticked the 'fold' checkbox in error.......

Damo

[robilaruk]

JJ

I like the play - you make the cont bet with your 'obvious' striaght draw, check the turn when you hit your straight hoping to CR a 'bluff' and then lead with the same 'flop bet amount' on the river as he 'obvously' read you for the straight and decided to not bluff the turn.

Nice one

Dmao

[Jaded]

Originally Posted by robilaruk

JJ

I like the play - you make the cont bet with your 'obvious' striaght draw, check the turn when you hit your straight hoping to CR a 'bluff' and then lead with the same 'flop bet amount' on the river as he 'obvously' read you for the straight and decided to not bluff the turn.

Nice one

Dmao

You read my mind pretty much perfectly there mate.




















Odds on first person to post hysterical laughter:

GaF 3-1
Nade 4-1
Mr V 9-2
Slappy 10-1
The Field evens

[the mole]

Ok dug this one out last night.



***** Hand 853732797 *****
25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 05 December 2007 01:15:30
Table TH 232 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 1: Mr.chill. (6416.00)
Seat 2: the_mole (6405.50)
Seat 3: MANOUEL (3994.00)
Seat 4: Celakovika (5047.00)
Seat 5: smörrebröd (5000.00)
Celakovika post SB 25.00
smörrebröd post BB 50.00
** Deal **
Mr.chill. [N/A, N/A]
the_mole [4h, 5h]
MANOUEL [N/A, N/A]
Celakovika [N/A, N/A]
smörrebröd [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
Mr.chill. Fold
the_mole Raise to 150.00
MANOUEL Fold
Celakovika Fold
smörrebröd Call 150.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [Kh, 7h, 8c]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
smörrebröd Bet 240.00
the_mole Call 240.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [Kh, 7h, 8c, 4s]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
smörrebröd Bet 600.00
the_mole Call 600.00
*** River(Board): *** : [Kh, 7h, 8c, 4s, Jd]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
smörrebröd Bet 1500.00
the_mole Raise to 3600.00
smörrebröd Fold
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 5002.00
Mr.chill. Fold Win: 0.00
the_mole By default Win: 5002.00
MANOUEL Fold Win: 0.00
Celakovika Fold Win: 0.00
smörrebröd Fold Win: 0.00

[the mole]

found another must have been in cheeky monkey mode



***** Hand 853699801 *****
25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 05 December 2007 00:36:54
Table TH 538 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 1: giannako (3450.00)
Seat 2: Celakovika (7194.00)
Seat 3: afkagain (6714.00)
Seat 4: the_mole (5366.00)
Seat 5: FrankDux1 (5519.00)
afkagain post SB 25.00
the_mole post BB 50.00
** Deal **
giannako [N/A, N/A]
Celakovika [N/A, N/A]
afkagain [N/A, N/A]
the_mole [Qh, Ks]
FrankDux1 [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
FrankDux1 Fold
giannako Fold
Celakovika Raise to 200.00
afkagain Fold
the_mole Call 200.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [7d, 2c, Js]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
the_mole Check
Celakovika Bet 300.00
the_mole Call 300.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [7d, 2c, Js, 6h]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
the_mole Check
Celakovika Bet 750.00
the_mole Raise to 1650.00
Celakovika Fold
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 2522.00
giannako Fold Win: 0.00
Celakovika Fold Win: 0.00
afkagain Fold Win: 0.00
the_mole By default Win: 2522.00
FrankDux1 Fold Win: 0.00

[Jaded]

$11 Double Shootout for the Sunday Warm-Up on Stars, started with 7 on my table, have been fairly tight (honestly!) pulling off one earlier bluff with Ks2d and Ad 3d Qs 4d board (I showed, obviously)

BB has had his blind stolen the last four or five times and appears disinterested in defending it, so I raise...

PokerStars Game #17192624863: Tournament #86190140, $10.70+$1.00 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/04 - 09:00:36 (ET)
Table '86190140 7' 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JadedJ (3790 in chips)
Seat 3: byzy (2850 in chips)
Seat 9: shibuii (2000 in chips)
Seat 10: MrBeenie (1860 in chips)
byzy: posts small blind 50
shibuii: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JadedJ [4h 4c]
MrBeenie: folds
JadedJ: raises 200 to 300
byzy: folds
shibuii: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Tc Jd Jh]
shibuii: checks
JadedJ: bets 400
shibuii: calls 400
*** TURN *** [Tc Jd Jh] [Th]
shibuii: checks
JadedJ: bets 700

Thinking here was if he called he'd been down to less than half of his chips, so he's presumably having to fold or come over the top. I figured he needed a J or a T to push.

[GotaFancy?]

Cant explain why, but I just didn't believe him and pushed him off at the end with a minimum reraise........



***** Hand 1120665312 *****
0.25/0.50 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - Friday, June 13, 2008 6:50:34 PM
Table TH 140 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 1: FISHYONE (48.25)
Seat 3: PLTelepee (55.75)
Seat 4: Damphousse (142.29)
Seat 5: BusterVD (58.60)
BusterVD post SB 0.25
FISHYONE post BB 0.50
** Deal **
FISHYONE [N/A, N/A]
PLTelepee [Qs, Jh]
Damphousse [N/A, N/A]
BusterVD [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
PLTelepee Raise to 1.75
Damphousse Fold
BusterVD Fold
FISHYONE Call 1.75
*** Flop(Board): *** : [7c, Kh, 5c]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
FISHYONE Check
PLTelepee Bet 2.81
FISHYONE Call 2.81
*** Turn(Board): *** : [7c, Kh, 5c, 9d]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
FISHYONE Check
PLTelepee Bet 7.02
FISHYONE Call 7.02
*** River(Board): *** : [7c, Kh, 5c, 9d, 2h]
*** Bet Round 4 ***
FISHYONE Bet 10.00
PLTelepee Raise to 20.00
FISHYONE Fold
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 2.15 Total Pot: 41.26
FISHYONE Fold Win: 0.00
PLTelepee By default Win: 41.26
Damphousse Fold Win: 0.00
BusterVD Fold Win: 0.00

[robsterling]

This was a pretty fun one... I like to abuse people who auto raise button limps, because they play the hand too aggressive out of position. There is no way this guy has a Q here, so I played it so that it repped a transparently played Q. His min-reraise is what I read as an attempt to "click it back" as they call it on 2+2, which is where you min raise the person who min raised you. If it worked maybe he would post it on 2+2, but as it didn't I'll post it here!

Seat 1: Me (1430 in chips)
Seat 2: Him (1570 in chips)
Me: posts small blind 15
Him: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Me [Jd Th]
Me: calls 15
Him: raises 60 to 90
Me: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2s Qh]
Him: bets 90
Me: calls 90
*** TURN *** [Qs 2s Qh] [3h]
Him: bets 210
Me: raises 210 to 420
Him: raises 210 to 630
Me: raises 620 to 1250 and is all-in
Him: folds
Uncalled bet (620) returned to Me
Me collected 1620 from pot
Me: shows [Jd Th] (a pair of Queens) <--- showing for metagame, he called me down v light after this
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1620 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 2s Qh 3h]
Seat 1: Me (button) (small blind) collected (1620)
Seat 2: Him (big blind) folded on the Turn

[GotaFancy?]

Enjoyed this one

From his betting I was pretty sure he had a missed flush draw.

I called each microbet throughout with the intention of bluffing the river if no heart came.

Short stack had less than 600 chips left with a stack to win of about 2600 - hge was only folding if my read was right....


** Hand # 2059988310 starting - 2008-06-18 22:32:39
** €UROQUAL 8[1806290]:Table 4 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (100.00|200.00 NL - MTT) Real Money
Snowsmile sitting in seat 2 with 2905.00
owies80 sitting in seat 3 with 1230.00
TerryP sitting in seat 4 with 1820.00
Telepe sitting in seat 5 with 3175.00[Dealer]
rami3304 sitting in seat 6 with 2695.00
smokey44 sitting in seat 7 with 1945.00
Huggy04 sitting in seat 8 with 7185.00
rami3304 posted the small blind - 50.00
smokey44 posted the big blind - 100.00
** Dealing cards to Telepe: Ac, Js
Huggy04 folded
Snowsmile folded
owies80 folded
TerryP folded
Telepe raised to 400.00
rami3304 folded
smokey44 called - 400.00
** Dealing the flop: 5h, 6h, 4c
smokey44 bet - 200.00
Telepe called - 200.00
** Dealing the turn: 9d
smokey44 bet - 400.00
Telepe called - 400.00
** Dealing the river: 5c
smokey44 bet - 400.00
Telepe raised to 1625.00
smokey44 folded
Telepe mucks:
Telepe wins 4075.00 from the main pot


I'm actually just reevaluating a bit now I'm looking at it - was it a good bluff? Lets assume my read was right (which was the only way he was laying it down) - I was probably ahead at showdown - the only hands he could have had that he would lay down that I was losing to were AhKh and AhQh? He probably didn't have them as he didn't reraise pre flop

I cant see him calling with any hands I was beating, and it was unlikely he'd fold any hands that were beating me (he couldn't lay down bottom pair with those odds could he) - so it was a bluff where I had nothing to gain I should have trusted my read and taken a showdown that I was probably winning.

[Nade]

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($107.20)
CO ($150)
Hero ($100)
SB ($172.80)
BB ($136.95)
UTG ($103.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, Q.
3 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, 1 fold, BB calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7.50) J, 6, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.5, BB calls $7.50.

Turn: ($22.50) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($22.50) K (2 players)
BB bets $25, Hero raises to $89 (All-In), BB folds.

Final Pot: $72.50

Hero has Ad Qs (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $136.50.


So so rarely move in with total air, particularly on the river but the situation called for it as there's no hands he repped on the river he can call with. Pot bet on that river after both checked on turn it's so obv. he couldn't call. If he had a K or J he'd have value-towned on the river instead of a huge bet after i showed weakness on the turn so i was in little doubt he definitely couldn't call me.

[billy the punter]

Originally Posted by Nade

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 handed) Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($107.20)
CO ($150)
Hero ($100)
SB ($172.80)
BB ($136.95)
UTG ($103.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, Q.
3 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, 1 fold, BB calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7.50) J, 6, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.5, BB calls $7.50.

Turn: ($22.50) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($22.50) K (2 players)
BB bets $25, Hero raises to $89 (All-In), BB folds.

Final Pot: $72.50

Hero has Ad Qs (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $136.50.


So so rarely move in with total air, particularly on the river but the situation called for it as there's no hands he repped on the river he can call with. Pot bet on that river after both checked on turn it's so obv. he couldn't call. If he had a K or J he'd have value-towned on the river instead of a huge bet after i showed weakness on the turn so i was in little doubt he definitely couldn't call me.

If you're folding here you should give up poker. I'm calling or raising here dependent on what I've seen already.

Looks like he was drawing but the raise is safer in case he was in the with Ac5c for example.

This is a bread and butter move in my opinion.

[Nade]

I knew when i posted at least 1 person was going to have some comment along those lines.

Here's me pre-planned response:

[billy the punter]

Laugh all you want, the fact still remains. You should be making those moves in your sleep.

Up a level you may not get believed and may get a caller with two small pair. After all, you checked the king on the turn didn't you?

As we all know, bluffs tell a story, if you're representing trip K's on the river, then why didn't you bet the K on the turn? If you were playing AK or something?

There is nothing wrong with the way you played it, in this game -and like I say it's a move that should come naturally.

[Nade]

I'm just interested by the fact you comment on this hand, whereas there are tonnes of other hands posted throughout the forum that are a lot more 'standard' than mine. Maybe you think a youth will respect you more, well you're wrong, i don't respect you either.

To paraphrase a well known idiot on the forum "I don't need the advice."

[whycantistayawayfromdogs]

Originally Posted by billy the punter

Up a level you may not get believed and may get a caller with two small pair.

what two small pair are we talking about here?

[billy the punter]

Originally Posted by Nade

I'm just interested by the fact you comment on this hand, whereas there are tonnes of other hands posted throughout the forum that are a lot more 'standard' than mine. Maybe you think a youth will respect you more, well you're wrong, i don't respect you either.

To paraphrase a well known idiot on the forum "I don't need the advice."

What on Earth are you talking about?

This a new post. I've been commented on most new posts you moron (this, "one for omaha players" and "can a reraise ever be...").