Bluffing - Game Theory

[Mark1808]

In "The Theory of Poker" on page 184 Slansky talks about the optimal bluffing strategy being to bluff the same percentage of time as the pot odds your opponent receives from your final bet . If the pot odds are 3 to 1 you should bluff one time for every 3 times you make your hand. In the example he recommends using unseen cards in a draw poker game to randomize your bluffs. My question is, can you do the same thing in Hold Em where the final card is exposed?

[JRegs]

Game theory is used mostly for draw and lowball, where you opponent can't tell if you improved. It's much more difficult to use for Hold'em, where it can be relatively obvious if a card helped you or not.

[timmer]

Yes you got that in right. in your example for every three card that improve you hand you should bluff on 1 other card.

of course you do this only when your decision making process is being negated by your opponents .

Other wise you'll make more by bluffing based on a educated guess and experiance. and how the othercard fits and improves your hand and your prior betting vs your opponents field of possible hands.

timmer