Bluffing at a crowded table post-flop.

christovam · Dec 12, 2025

Here are 10 effective ways to bluff post-flop at a full ring (9-player) Texas Hold'em table:

Strategy #1.
🎯 1. Continuation Bet (C-bet) on the Right Flop
When you were the preflop aggressor, a c-bet works well on dry flops, such as:

A♣ 7♦ 2♠
K♠ 5♣ 5♦

These boards favor the aggressor, as they hit their range more often.

kaynbergo · Dec 12, 2025

Flop bluffs are most often read at high stakes. In such cases, I always let my opponent bluff 2 streets and go all-in on the river.

Geo90 · Dec 12, 2025

A bluff depends on many things. The positions in play, such as BTN VS BB or UTG vs BTN, will have completely different rankings, but on a K 55 flop, you can bet bigger. On very dry flops, I try to build overbets into my game. I've used a lot of small Cbets so far, but a good player will give you more 3bets, and it's harder to overbet a big bet.

christovam · Dec 16, 2025

Strategy #2

🎯 2. bluffing on scary boards (scare cards)

Example:
Flop: 9♣ 8♣ 2♦
Turn brings an A♠

Even without hitting, this scare card greatly affects your perceived range, allowing you to bet representing strength.

christovam · Dec 16, 2025

kaynbergo said:
Blefes no flop são mais frequentemente lidos em mesas de apostas altas. Nesses casos, eu sempre deixo meu oponente blefar por duas ruas e vou all-in no river.

But what about when he's not bluffing? Like, with a medium hand.

christovam · Dec 16, 2025

Geo90 said:
Um blefe depende de muitos fatores. As posições em jogo, como BTN vs BB ou UTG vs BTN, terão hierarquias completamente diferentes, mas em um flop K 55, você pode apostar mais alto. Em flops muito secos, tento incluir overbets no meu jogo. Tenho usado bastante Cbets pequenos até agora, mas um bom jogador fará mais 3bets, e é mais difícil fazer um overbet em uma aposta grande.

Good points. In fact, a good player rarely bluffs, but tends to believe that we're not bluffing if our story is well told.

monkeytilter · Dec 16, 2025

Would you bluff at it?

SpanRmonka · Dec 16, 2025

monkeytilter said:
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Would you bluff at it?

Only on a dry A high board!!

christovam · Dec 22, 2025

Strategy #3

🎯 3. Bluff with a semi-bluff

Bluff with hands that can improve, such as:

Flush draw
Open-ended straight draw
Strong gutshot

Even if they call your bluff, you still have a chance to improve.

christovam · Dec 27, 2025

Strategy #4

🎯 4. Bluffing on the turn after checking on the flop (delayed c-bet)

If you checked on the flop and your opponent did too, betting on the turn can look like real strength, because many players check on the flop with medium hands.

christovam · Jan 27, 2026

Strategy #5

🎯 5. Bluff against only 1 or 2 opponents

Bluffing in a multiway pot (3+ players) is bad. The ideal is to bluff:

in heads-up, or
against 2 players at most, as long as they seem weak.

HunRicky63 · Jan 29, 2026

Geo90 said:
A bluff depends on many things. The positions in play, such as BTN VS BB or UTG vs BTN, will have completely different rankings, but on a K 55 flop, you can bet bigger. On very dry flops, I try to build overbets into my game. I've used a lot of small Cbets so far, but a good player will give you more 3bets, and it's harder to overbet a big bet.

Néha legyőzöm a blöffölőket. Én is szoktam blöffölni, sokszor bejön.

christovam · Jan 31, 2026

HunRicky63 said:
Néha legyőzöm a blöffölőket. Én is szoktam blöffölni, sokszor bejön.

You have to translate the answer into English. I can barely read it in English, let alone Hungarian.

Noobgila · Feb 1, 2026

I like semi bluffing into 3 people with a flush draw or up and down straight draw. Its very effective often times! and even if you get called, when you improve, you make some real big pots.

christovam · Feb 7, 2026

Noobgila said:
Gosto de semi-blefar contra 3 pessoas com um projeto de flush ou um projeto de sequência. Muitas vezes é muito eficaz! E mesmo que te paguem, quando você melhora sua mão, você ganha potes realmente grandes.

Without a doubt. The semi-bluff is very powerful when it's right.

christovam · Feb 7, 2026

Strategy #6

🎯 6. Bluff with Blockers

If you have cards that block your opponent's strong hands, your bluff improves significantly.

Example:

You have A ♣ 5 ♣ on a table that completes a flush of cups.

Having the ace of cups (blocker) would make this bluff much more effective.

Blockers work to:

flushes

Ritas

pair of high tops

christovam · Feb 8, 2026

Strategy #7

🎯 7. Bluffing representing three of a kind on paired boards

On boards such as:

K♠ K♦ 7♥
8♣ 8♦ J♠

You can easily represent three of a kind, especially if you were aggressive pre-flop. Many players fold medium hands here.

christovam · Feb 14, 2026

Strategy #8
🎯 8. Bluff on the river after your opponent shows weakness if the villain:

only called on the flop,
checked on the turn,
checked again on the river,

you can bet representing a better hand. This is the famous “bluff on the river when nobody fights for the pot.”

GarotoMaroto · Feb 14, 2026

Bluffing at a crowded table often is a terrible idea XD
God bless

christovam · Feb 16, 2026

GarotoMaroto said:
Bluffing at a crowded table often is a terrible idea XD
God bless

Sure, but if after the flop, there are only one or two players left, then there's a chance.

christovam · Feb 16, 2026

Strategy #9

🎯 9. Overbet bluff

your strong hand is plausible
the villain has a medium hand
there are scare cards on the turn/river

The overbet makes the villain think, “He wouldn't do that without the nuts.”

ammje · Feb 16, 2026

It depends on who the rival is, it's easier to bluff against a good player than against a bad player, because the good player will think about the other player's rank, while the bad player only sees his own hands.

christovam · Feb 18, 2026

ammje said:
Depende de quem é o adversário. É mais fácil blefar contra um bom jogador do que contra um jogador ruim, porque o bom jogador pensa no nível do outro jogador, enquanto o jogador ruim só vê as mãos.

Well, the statistics show that many players are able to bluff successfully. Does this mean that most of them play well?

christovam · Feb 18, 2026

Estratégia nº 10

🎯 10. Blefar combinando uma narrativa coerente (contar histórias)

The best bluff is one where your actions tell a consistent story:

Example narrative:
Pre-flop: raise
Flop: c-bet on a favorable board
Turn: high card, you continue to represent
River: bluff on final scare card

Se sua estratégia fizer sentido, o blefe tem uma alta probabilidade de sucesso.

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