Just didn’t want to repeat that other thread, that was exhausting for both of us.
And yeah, I like fast tables, and I do have to run thru all that each time… thankfully most of what I had to think about, came before it became heads up… from there on out it was mostly str8 forward to me.
(edit) reason 1/2 pot bet can be strong, is because so little time… alot of ppl use it, to save time.
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Something kinda like this , Spivak ???
https://www.replaypoker.com/hand/replay/328263705
Remember Folks, While playing this hand, I thought of this thread…
( no I wasn’t bluffing … (this time) )
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ZOMG that was almost exactly this hand!
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Yeah, Spivak … like 10-15 minutes earlier I did the forum thing, then went to play some… and whammo that hand … I was like DeJa Vu ??? then a couple hands later won a decent pot, I think, and 
'd off the table, so I could post that hand here … on 
… hahahaha
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I am really an amateur player despite my favorable progress here and in pub poker with nppt. I classify by betting in three categories. First, there is having a hand worthy of a bet. and I try to win big as-assured-as possible pots with either big bets that can be folded or small ones that might even get raised.then their are chasers like a 4 card flush on the flop or the top pair showing (a good one) on the turn where I bet like I have it assured to drive others out. I do not count them as bluffs even if the flush chasing leaves me with K high if/when I miss. People see what I was doing and commend my bravery as they take my stack
The rare times I bluff, with a call or value bet preflop with say 8 4 only to bet like I paired up when k 10 2 emerge and go all in do not typically play well. I have done that if I had a 2 3 ONLY if we at the table have been talking about the 2 3 hand having just won or lost. Then win or lose, I can reveal and keep that moment alive. I always reveal my bluffs. People need to know that you do it so they call you when you aren’t. I find that I win when I’m not quite often when half good hands stay in calculating a bluff. they tell me they don’t trust my face and hope their 88 will carry. They don’t.
I was at the NPPT finals and lost a hand when I, first to act, went all in with trips showing on the table. I lost to the person who actually held the fourth and he won a monster pot. The lesson I learned and wish to share wasn’t about that nature of a fake, but that players are less likely to drop out when you bluff big if the pot at stake is huge.
Still have lots to learn.
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Hey everyone. I’m impressed with the essays some of you wrote. For anyone looking to read more stuff like that, I want to recommend some books.
Check out anything by David Sklansky especially ‘The Theory of Poker’ and also check out ‘Pot-Limit and No-Limit Poker’ by Reuben and Ciaffone. Both have a lot to say about bluffing and playing against bluffers and bullies, plus lots more poker talk. These guys were writing about gambling for a living way before it was popular. Enjoy.
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