By: Jake Conte
Submitted: 2010-07-19 01:47:59 | Word Count: 566
Let's Face it, there are many people out there who love Poker, they love going to casinos to get as far as possible from their everyday routine and to experience the rush Poker games provide. These very same individuals may have heard of online poker once or twice in the past, it is very likely that if you are reading this article you are one of them. However playing online poker does require a bit of knowledge before you decide to jump in, that is the most basic rule of pretty much anything in life and it is not any different with online poker.
If you know how to play Poker in real life then you are ninety percent there, the only thing you now need is the knowledge of how to use the software provided by online gaming sites in order to get in the game, this is where poker training sites really come in handy, not only do they show you how to use the software in poker sites but they also show you interesting techniques you may have not known in the past.
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Some of those techniques are:
- The art of Semi Bluffing
- Monster Flops
- Playing AK Out of position
- How to Recognize Bluffs in 3 bet pots
- How to combat short stack players
Between many others. Today we are going to talk about the art of Semi Bluffing.
Semi Bluffing
This is a technique you can apply whenever you see you don't have a very good poker hand but have outs to improve it, such as a flush or a straight draw. The opportunity presents itself on the turn so you want to ensure you only do it when the turn card improves your position, that way even if you get called you still have a pretty good chance of making the best hand. At the same time you wouldn't really care if your opponents fold their hands because the hands they are folding are most likely superior to yours and as we said before if you are called you still have a chance to win what should now be a pretty decent pot.
The Semi Bluff strategy is particularly effective against tight players because they are very likely to fold to double barrels a lot. You can identify tight players by looking at their stats.
This semi bluffing strategy can be quite profitable if used properly if you analyze your probability ratios which are usually of 30% or 3 to 1. This is often a good play because your opponent or opponents don't have to fold very often in order for the semi bluff to become profitable and you are always optimizing your hand in order to improve your chances of success.
If you don't apply this technique then it is very likely that the only chance you have to win is to hit your hand. Make sure to practice this powerful technique which is sure to dramatically improve your success rate while playing poker.
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