Bluffing: When Should You Bluff Selectively?

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You may see an Ace hit the turn and think it’s a great card to bluff. But then you have to think about what your opponent actually called with.

If they’ve shown strength already, that Ace might not change much. Against a player who looks like they’re hanging on with a weak hand, though, it can be a different story.

Do you fire when the scare card comes, or wait until your opponent gives you a reason?
 
My first naive thought about this question:
Is the Ace a scare card when the range of your villain has more stronger Aces than your range?
So why fire a bluff when it only burns money?
 
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If you already have a great hand on the flop, then that Ace on the turn won't make a difference, bluff quietly
 
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If you typically bet the size of the pot with your strongest hands on the river, and your bluffing frequency is less than half your value-betting frequency, then from a GTO perspective, you are not bluffing often enough.For a bluff, we need offsuit 7-2. We should bluff with the worst hands in our range at this point in the hand, given the action on previous streets.
 
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Goggelheimer said:
My first naive thought about this question:
Is the Ace a scare card when the range of your villain has more stronger Aces than your range?
So why fire a bluff when it only burns money?
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yeah exactly lol, if their range has more strong aces then that ace isnt really scary for us

Mauricio Perrotta said:
If you already have a great hand on the flop, then that Ace on the turn won't make a difference, bluff quietly
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yeah true, sometimes that ace looks scary but actually doesnt change much lol

dreamer13 said:
If you typically bet the size of the pot with your strongest hands on the river, and your bluffing frequency is less than half your value-betting frequency, then from a GTO perspective, you are not bluffing often enough.For a bluff, we need offsuit 7-2. We should bluff with the worst hands in our range at this point in the hand, given the action on previous streets.
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yeah thats true, 72o is probably the first hand i look at for a bluff there
 
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