Representing a Bluff
Poker Lesson #52
Representing a Bluff
Huckleberry Seed
Deception is a vital tactic in poker. Usually, when a player talks about a
deceptive play, he's referring to a bluff - a time when he represented a hand
of greater value than the one he held. But this isn't the only deception
available in poker - not by a long shot. If you study your opportunities
thoroughly, you can use the threat of a bluff to engage in another type of
deception, one in which you're trying to convince an opponent that you are
bluffing when, in fact, you have a great hand.
Say you're playing in a No-Limit cash game and things are going well. You've
been playing actively and aggressively. You've been firing at a lot of pots,
using a combination of good cards and well-timed small bluffs to pick up a
number of them. To your table mates, it seems as if you're trying to capture
every chip on the table. They're starting to grow suspicious and feel you're
getting greedy.
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