The bluff is arguably one of the most exciting and most unpredictable actions in poker. Trying to figure out when to bluff, how to bluff, and who to bluff is difficult enough. Then you need to pull the trigger and hope that your calculations were correct.
The best hands for river bluffs are those which have zero shot of ever winning at showdown. If a hand has even a small chance of winning at showdown then the EV of checking will be above zero. This means that our bluff doesn’t just need to be profitable in order to be correct. THAT Tom Dwan Hand from High Stakes Poker. Once again, Tom Dwan turns up with a fantastic. This is a discussion on Best Poker Bluffs of All-Time - A True Poker Art within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; Hey everyone, I think poker bluffing is an art and in this.
Throughout the year, PokerGO has featured some of 2017’s biggest events and time and time again, during the World Series of Poker, Poker Masters, and Poker After Dark, the world’s best players calculations were correct.As part of PokerGO’s end of year features, Best of 2017: Bluffs compiles the top-five bluffs from 2017.
Patrik Antonius Versus Viktor Blom. 21, 2009, Antonius and Viktor “Isildur1' Blom played for what is still the largest cash game pot in online poker history. It was a $500/$1,000 heads. Poker bluffing is an art because the player needs to consider a lot of factors. At the same time, the paradox of bluffing is that if nobody has ever caught you bluffing, you are either not bluffing enough or you are one of the best bluffers. You would be bluffing too frequently if you were caught almost every time you bluff.
Phil Hellmuth was the victim in two featured hands, but he wasn’t the only poker legend that was put to the test this year. Jason Mercier found himself in a tough spot against Ryan Fee in the WSOP’s $10,000 Heads Up Championship and WSOP Main Event champion Scott Blumstein used a big bluff to vault himself into poker’s history books.
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One of the most important things in poker is that you don’t need to have the best hand to win, sometimes all you need is a good…face. Bluffing is what could make you a great poker player and once you’ll master the art of the poker face, you’ll find having a 7-2 as exciting as a pocket pair of aces.
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5. Brad Booth: the guy who beat Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey is quite a legend in poker, but sometimes even the best players can be defeated. This is what happened during the High Stakes Poker, when Brad Booth turned the table: Ivy greeted with a $23.000 bet, the hand seemed to be over….yes, it seemed because Booth had another plan.
$300.000 all in against one of the best pro in the world, with nothing in his hands. Fortune favours the bold: Booth scooped the pot.
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4. Lex Veldhuis: be proud of your bluffs
Lex Veldhuis is known to be an aggressive player. He is also known to keep complaining about the slow pace of the game when he plays live. At the WSOP 2009 he had been running over the tables showing a lot of bluffs, challenging all gambling superstitions.
And in this video, he beat Brian Pinkus with no hand at all. The cherry on the top: he showed his bluff too! And if you play poker, you know that it is considered totally mean.
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3. Chris Moneymaker: first bluff in the poker boom era
Back in 2003, when poker was revolutionized by Chris Moneymaker, who was the first champion at WSOP by qualifying at an online poker site. At the final table, Chris played against Sam Farha and the bluff was epic: all in with nothing in his hands.
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2. Phil Ivey vs Paul Jackson: the rest is history
Can 2 players bluff at the same time above all when both have nothing? Yes, if these players are Phil Ivey and Paul Jackson. Among the most impressive bluffs of all time, this one is legendary. Who won? Check it out.
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1. Tom Dawn: best poker face ever
One young guy against seven other players. Not a good hand at all, but the best poker face ever. One after the other, his opponents will fold until the end. See how a 10 and a queen can beat two pairs and a trips.
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This is for us, the most impressive bluff of all time.
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