Dark Tunnel Bluff

A dark tunnel bluff is a repeated bet out of the feeling that one must bet, without thinking about what the opposition are doing or why they have stayed in the hand. It doesn't have to be a pure bluff, rather it refers to the unneccessary inflation of the pot, often with a marginal hand with which one does not know where one stands. Such bets do not have the desired effect: that the opposition lay down their hands.

Typical dark tunnel bluffs are, for instance, hands in which beginners raise with a good starting hand but don't improve and cannot bring themselves to stop betting, even though the opposition makes no move to fold. They happen a lot when a player is on tilt.


Related Topics:

Bluff, Tilt