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Bluffing Out of Position
Logically thinking, it’s much harder to
carry out bluffs out of position rather
than in position. Just think for a second

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why floating in position is so much
cleverer. Without spending a lot of
money you can see two streets of
information before you even run your
bluff. But you only get this advantage
since you’re the last one to act. Putting
yourself out of the position will mean
that the edge goes away. This doesn’t
mean that you shouldn’t execute the bluff
at all. You simply have to gain some
perspective. Read the upcoming bluffs to
understand what this means.
The Continuation Bet
If you lead into the flop then you should
definitely carry out this technique no
matter what the position is. After all, this
is the main point of raising a pre-flop is

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to get the edge one needs to run his/her
hand. As you must know by now that if a
continuation bet is executed rightly, you
will have 1/3
rd
chances of winning the
pot. Even if you carry out a 75 percent
bet, e.g. 750 out of a 1000 chip pot,
you’ll still have a success rate of 42
percent. Always keep in your mind that
your opponent might miss out the flop
almost 67 percent of the time. So to sum
it all up, the continuation bet isn’t even
purely a bluff, its simply good use of
your brain!
The Second-Barrel Bluff
Sometimes Continuation Bets do get
caught and if this happens to you, what
should you do next? So when a player

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calls you on your bet you shouldn’t just
give up, instead you should think for a
second. The player might be floating to
bluff or might even be holding an under
pair, waiting for you to blink.
So given that he might be bluffing, it
won’t hurt you to take another shot at the
pot. You should bet a small amount that
is good enough to trigger a fold 33
percent of the time. The technique is
greatly valuable especially if the other
player floats a lot. In addition, if the pot
is textured, then your opponent might be
calling a bluff so a second barrel will
tell you whether the texture would hit or
not. If it misses out and you know that
your opponent holds a draw then fire a

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second barrel so that he can be priced
off the draw. If the texture completes and
he shows dissatisfaction when the turn
card shows up then you can also bet. No
matter what the circumstances are, the
bet doesn’t always have to go after
profit, information should also be a
priority.