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[QUOTE="titans4ever, post: 375774, member: 2843"]
I believe this is a long term stat.  Not for one session or two, but something over a couple of weeks to a month at a time to look at.

I look at poker earning as the stock market.  You can always play it safe and any play premium hands that will most likely make money.  I look at bluffing as high rist investment.  Sometimes they can pay off huge and other times the go bust.  If you invest too much in high risk you are actually losing money and if you don't do it enough you never can reap those rewards.  You need to find the balance and mathmatically it is about 6%.  I think brokers say to have about 10% of your portfolio in high risk.

How many times do you do a semi bluff and get called or reraised and forced to let it go or lose the hand.  If you are doing it too often then you may have a leak in your game and you need to tighten up.  You may also need to do it more often because you are letting some possible earns go by not taking a stab at it.

Why do people value bluffing so much?
#1 I tend to remember bad beats and good bluffs more than I do hands I played correctly and won.  Therefore you may think you are bluffing more than you actually do, just because you can remember them more easily.  Example, listen to your poker buddies stories.  95% of them will be bad beat or successful bluffs, not well played hands unless it was a huge cash pot.

#2  TV.  Yes the best and worst thing for poker.  You see the pros do it (good TV) but you do not get why they do it or saw the three or four hands that set up the bluff.  You did not see them lay down a couple of hands to bets, you just see him reraise all in with nothing and the other person giving him the respect the bet deserves.
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