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Bluff Check-Raising the Flop
Floating can make up for a great story,
however in spots check raising on the
flop can work out as a highly effective
technique. If the player has a habit of
checking the turn to pick out bluffs,
carrying out floating can be dangerous.
The player might not be nice enough to
bet the turn and instead wait for you to
execute a river bluff. Against these kinds
of players, its best to execute a check-
raise bluff.
Against a smart opponent, this technique

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will be quite weak however, in most
cases the button is weaker. The player
cannot contend even if he catches you on
the very check-raise bluff you’re
carrying out. Therefore, the odds of
running into a genuine hand are quite
small and so are the chances of a bad
hand carrying out a bluff against you.
The logic behind this kind of bluff is
quite simple. The button may be raising
with any of the two cards that he has
which means that having an ace isn’t a
huge possibility. It is more likely for the
big blind to hold compared to a button
because after all you did carry out a pre-
flop raise. The opponent is most likely
to carry out a continuation bet to win the

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pot if you miss out and therefore to
prevent this from happening, you pretend
that you did not miss. The opponent
seeing this will fold and will become
weaker as you told him a clever story;
next he might let his hand go altogether
instead of carrying out a risky three bet
bluff. If in any case he does get three
bets, don’t worry because it’s not like
you’ll have to fold the best hand you
have.
When it comes to playing against a first-
position player, you should never think
of making such a play. Such a player is
much more likely to possess a hand that
can actually decimate you. Against such
a player, you should execute the opposite

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of a flop that won’t hit the strong hand
the player raises from the start. Finally,
you can carry out a check-raise bluff like
7-6-4 and turn the game in your favor.