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Know who you're against

This is pretty obvious. Don't go straight onto a table and bluff the first or second hand, if your AK misses or there are overs on your QQ, don't go stacking off trying to make a hero-bluff. You must know your table. A loose and aggressive table is obviously not one that should be bluffed at.

Stack Sizes

If you're playing a short stack be very careful. If you make a raise preflop and they flat call they might begin to committ themselves to the pot. Don't bluff someone who is committed, and watch out for reshoves from short stacks preflop. The only time when it is good to put pressure on short stacks is around the bubble aslong as you have noticed that they have tightened up.

Know When You're Beat

Bluffs can be very profitable and very costly. If you make a bluff on the flop by betting 75% of the pot and you get flat called, don't come out betting UTG again. Unless you put them on a draw or unless a scare card comes on the turn, they are likely to call your bluff again.

Don't Bluff Blind

What i mean by this is don't bluff any hand just because you're desperate for chips. I.e if a flop brings 3 flush cards and you don't have one of the draws then bluffing this at low/mid stakes is usually a bad idea as they will call you with a top pair or a high flush draw. If the board comes blank and there were raises preflop then it's worth taking a stab at, watch out for high card flops as a bluff there after a preflop raise might run you into a monster. However, it's definately worth representing a big hand by raising preflop and then raising an A high flop strong.

Know How Much To Bet

A lot of players especially beginners think that bluffing works if you bet rediculously big. Big bets are often seen as weak bets. If you have a good hand, why would you be pot betting or overbetting? Play the hand as if you had what you are trying to represent, going all in is usually a sure sign that you have trash unless your all in is quite obviously a realistic move with the pot being larger than your stack etc.

Don't Committ

If you get too carried away with trying to steal a pot, you can end up putting in far more of your stack than you should and find yourself getting odds to stack off with 7 high. Take a note of how many chips you have and bluff accordingly. Making money out of bluffing is only good when you know how to get away from them.

Take into account these rules and you should be able to bluff a lot more successfully!

Happy Bluffing

Poker cannot be learned in a year. Poker cannot be learned in 10 years. Infact, poker can only be mastered by a handful of people in the entire world.

I'm posting this blog to help you guys get to the point where you are a winning player.

POKER TIP#1

Playing at a COMFORTABLE level.

Whether you are playing cash games or tournaments, playing at a comfortable level is ESSENTIAL. If you are new to poker and you have a small bankroll then you must make sure you play low staked games. If you begin to play higher staked tournaments or cash games then you will find you make all the wrong moves because you are playing "scared money".

Here are a few tips on how large your bankroll should be for you to be playing at a comfortable level.

There are a few methods to bankrolling yourself for cash games and tournaments but here is the best and most commonly used one.

The Classic Cash Game Bankroll - 2000x the maximum buyin for that cash table. i.e if you are playing $0.01/$0.02 you need a $40 bank roll.

The Classic Tournament Bankroll - Sit and Go or MTT you should have AT LEAST 30x the buyin for that tournament. For REBUYS you must have at least 6x30 buyins to the tournament (for low rebuys only). This allows for you to double rebuy and addon.

Nick