The secret of bluffing
Writing by admin on Wednesday, 17 of September , 2008 at 1:53 pm
According to the 2006 WSOP bracelet winner, Jamie Gold, he would be happy to be known as the finest bluffer in the world. But if his last Texas Holdem tournament is any clue, his wish may not come true ever.
The site is the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic held at the Sin City Bellagio in 2007. Featuring $50 - $100 blinds and a $15,000 buy-in, Darrell Dicken is close to the end of his run. The seat 4 player has just raised his bet to $300, a tiny raise with only one player biting the line. “I put him as being weak,” Jamie said, “I was thinking about raising, but instead I just called with a 10-3 of hearts to see what would happen.”
Jamie believed that Brad Booth would make a move, which he did. He re-raised to $1600 from the big blind. Gold thought that Booth had a good hand, but he was in a great position to make a move taking into account the amount of dead money in the pot. Dicken ended up folding, and the unknown in Seat 4 called Booth’s raise.
Now there was more than $4000 in the pot, so Jamie wagered another $4000. He was thinking, only if someone else had aces or kings there would be no possibility they would make that call. Jamie’s strategy was to make a substantial move on the flop, as long as no ace was dealt. The second part of his strategy was to get Booth to fold, which he did. Booth folded with pocket queens.
Coming out of the flop there was an ace of ace-6-5, two clubs. The player in seat 4 checked and Jamie bet $2000. Jamie’s initial thought was to make him think that he had clubs. Seat 4 laid down a $10,000 poker chip, but didn’t say anything thus changing his raise into a call. Jamie’s thought was that seat 4 in all likelihood had an ace, but you have to defend it in case he hits his set on the following card.
A 2 of hearts came out on the turn, and Jamie went ahead and folded to what he thought was a top pair kicker. Seat 4 laid down a king-jack off suit. Seat 4 beat Gold by bluffing with a better hand, he forced an impressive poker play and continued with the bluff all the way through to the finish.
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