Yo, what a wild ride last night’s tourney was! 
Just had to jump into this thread ‘cause some of the bluffs I pulled were straight-up insane and somehow worked. Thought I’d break down a couple of hands that had my heart racing and the table sweating.
Early in the night, I’m sitting with a mediocre stack, blinds creeping up, and I get dealt 7-2 offsuit in the big blind. Trash, right? But the button raises, and he’s this aggro dude who’s been bullying everyone. I’m like, screw it, let’s test him. I call, flop comes K-9-4, rainbow. I check, he bets big, and I just feel he’s got nothing. So I check-raise him, acting all confident like I flopped two pair or better. He stares me down, tanks forever, and folds!
Turns out later he had A-10. That bluff gave me some breathing room and a nice chip boost.
Fast forward to the final table—top 9, I’m in 4th chip-wise. I’m in the cutoff with Q-J suited, and the flop’s 10-8-2, giving me an open-ended straight draw. Small blind bets weak, and I’m thinking he’s probing with a mid-pair or maybe ace-high. I raise, trying to rep an overpair, but he calls. Turn’s a blank, like a 3. He checks, and I fire again, selling the story I’ve got pocket kings or something. River’s another brick, and he checks again. At this point, I’m committed, so I shove, praying he doesn’t call. Dude folds pocket 9s face-up!
I show the Q-J just to tilt him a bit, and the table loses it.
The key for me last night was mixing up my play and leaning hard into table image. I’d been caught in a small bluff earlier, so they thought I was looser than I was. Used that to make my big bluffs look like value bets. Risky as hell, but when it pays off, it’s such a rush!
Anyone else pull off some crazy bluffs in a tourney recently? Spill the tea—what worked for you?
Just had to jump into this thread ‘cause some of the bluffs I pulled were straight-up insane and somehow worked. Thought I’d break down a couple of hands that had my heart racing and the table sweating.Early in the night, I’m sitting with a mediocre stack, blinds creeping up, and I get dealt 7-2 offsuit in the big blind. Trash, right? But the button raises, and he’s this aggro dude who’s been bullying everyone. I’m like, screw it, let’s test him. I call, flop comes K-9-4, rainbow. I check, he bets big, and I just feel he’s got nothing. So I check-raise him, acting all confident like I flopped two pair or better. He stares me down, tanks forever, and folds!
Turns out later he had A-10. That bluff gave me some breathing room and a nice chip boost.Fast forward to the final table—top 9, I’m in 4th chip-wise. I’m in the cutoff with Q-J suited, and the flop’s 10-8-2, giving me an open-ended straight draw. Small blind bets weak, and I’m thinking he’s probing with a mid-pair or maybe ace-high. I raise, trying to rep an overpair, but he calls. Turn’s a blank, like a 3. He checks, and I fire again, selling the story I’ve got pocket kings or something. River’s another brick, and he checks again. At this point, I’m committed, so I shove, praying he doesn’t call. Dude folds pocket 9s face-up!
I show the Q-J just to tilt him a bit, and the table loses it.The key for me last night was mixing up my play and leaning hard into table image. I’d been caught in a small bluff earlier, so they thought I was looser than I was. Used that to make my big bluffs look like value bets. Risky as hell, but when it pays off, it’s such a rush!
Anyone else pull off some crazy bluffs in a tourney recently? Spill the tea—what worked for you?