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The
Myth of Bluffing
Successful bluffs, particularly in a high-stakes games, have
great drama. Furthermore, people who do not play much poker
often think that bluffing is the central element of the
games. When Stu Ungar appeared on the Merv Griffin Show the
day after he won the 1980 world poker championship, the
first question Griffin asked him was, "Did you bluff
very much?" Many occasional players who visit Las Vegas
are constantly bluffing in the small $1-$3 and $1-$4 games,
and they pay dearly for their foolishness.
It's true bluffing is an important aspect of poker, but
it is only one part of the games, certainly no more important
than playing your legitimate hands correctly. Though a player
who never bluffs cannot expect to win as much money as someone
who bluffs with the proper frequency, most average players
tend to bluff too much, particularly in limit games. When
it costs an opponent only one more bet to see your hand,
it is difficult to get away with a bluff, for with any kind
of hand your opponent is usually getting sufficient pot
odds to call your bet - especially if he has seen you trying
to bluff several times already.
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