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Bluff catching

You may have heard of a hand being a “bluff catcher,” but what does it mean? You may even have heard that you can “turn your hand into a bluff catcher,” but how exactly can you do that? Bluff catching is a topic that brings with it plenty of misapprehensions. I’m going to explain what a bluff catcher is after first looking at what I consider to be one of the biggest ever poker misapprehensions:

Erik Seidel vs Johnny Chan, WSOP 1988

(YouTube link http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_BETBgWxk) (more…)

Bluffing the Continuation Bet - Part 1

A player has raised in mid position, and you make the call from the small blind with . The flop misses you completely, coming . You check, and your opponent bets two thirds of the pot. You have no idea what he has, but you do know that he tends to make a continuation bet on the flop with a massive range of hands. (more…)