Hi,
I'm interested in your thoughts on choosing hands to bluff with when
- your opponent has already bet and your action ends the round (all three streets).
- on the turn, you are the aggressor and your opponent has position on you.
As the title suggests, in the first instance I have been taught to bluff the top of my folding range.
So far, that has meant for me to bluff hands like 3-Flush + 3-Straight on the flop and 4-Straights or 4-Flushes on the turn. On the river without initiative I have been vastly underbluffing since there I can no longer use draws to bluff.
When you bluff the top of your folding range, do you bluff draws or high cards and small pairs with some showdown value? Why?
On the river, what does the top of your folding range usually look like?
On the turn, with initiative and without position, Philip Newall writes to "take the most value through to the next round". In theory that would mean to bluff with better hands if your opponent usually bets when you check to him and to bluff with worse hands when your opponent often checks behind. Assuming your opponent is an experienced and well balanced player, how do you handle this situation? Why? (Good draws without any showdown value are always a dilemma for me in this position. Example: 5s4s on KsTsJh2c)
Thanks to everyone contributing to this thread. I hope to hear a lot of opinions.
