Free Poker Online Education Small Bet Bluff Methods And How Small Bets Can Beat Good Players

This latest free poker online instruction lesson is about ways you may not have thought of to use small bets to get bigger wins. So how can a series of small bets add up to a very sneaky play? And why will do good players switch from conventional big bet thinking to small?

Here is a hand example of this that proves the point:

BLINDS 6k/12k

PREFLOP:

A comes from small blind, has got 9d-4d, raises to 35k
B from big blind, has got As-3s, calls 23k (Pot 88k)

Both plays are simply standard plays. A might be attempting to steal the big blind with a raise after the small blind. B calls because he has a decent hand to take to the Flop.

FLOP: Js-Jh-10h

A bets 25k (Pot 123k)
B calls 25k (Pot 138k)

Here A's bet is just small, because he has nothing, but he wants to take away the pot by representing a Jack on a paired board, or a draw. On a flop with Straight and Flush possibilities presenting, B may, indeed, put A on a draw and just see if A slows down later. Also, on a call he is getting 5-to-1.

TURN: Js-Jh-10h-Kc

A bets 25k (Pot 163k)
B calls 25k (Pot 188k)

A places another bet! Could A have the Jack, or even the Ten? B is now thinking that he has 6-1 on a call to hit an Ace (and if A also has an Ace the pot can be split) or a Q (for a Straight). So he calls.

RIVER: Js-Jh-10h-Kc-8h

A bets 30k (Pot 218k)

Yet A bets again. Now with a blank river card which hardly fill any possible Flush or Straight (maybe 9-7 or Q-9, but I don't think both of them think the other one has it) why did A fire three times! Not only that, it's a small bet. It might be a value bet where A has a J and trapped B for 2 further bet rounds.

It could alternatively be a value bet with A on A-Q. B might consider: "A might know I've got nothing, but if uses big bets he'll make me fold. So he's betting small to get more chips out of me. Sure I've got 8.5-1 on a call, but it doesn't matter. I'm not going to fall again." B shakes his head and folds.

A shows a bluff!

If A bet big B may also think that A is just sustaining a three-round bluff, and may call it. And recall B is a good player, and can detect sneaky stuff like this. (B is Elky Grospellier! And A is Jeff Shulman.) But A was betting small and good players think good players think smaller bets are value bets, as a result good players indulging in reverse psychology are able to bluff other good players with small bets that resemble value bets.

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