Talk:Bluff (poker)

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When there are lots of jargon terms under a single context, it makes sense to title the articles with a context in parens, because the software makes it easy to interlink among them (and a title like "poker bluff" is awkward and unnatural anyway, so it's no better. I plan to fix this whole section. --LDC

What are "quads"?

Four of a kind. - furrykef (Talk at me) 14:44, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Bluffing frequency: the article states that "The exact ideal bluffing frequency in each game situation is a complicated exercise in game theory that you will not be able to solve at the table, so you may have to rely on rules of thumb, prior analysis, experience, and intuition." David Sklansky, in his book The Theory of Poker, states that optimal bluffing frequency is such that the probability that your are bluffing is equal to the pot odds offered to your opponent. I agree that it's not really that simple, but Sklanky's notion is a widely known concept with mathematical underpinnings and may deserve a mention in the article.--Toms2866 15:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article rewrite

I boldy rewrote the article. I removed a fair bit of content that, in my pov, appeared to be pov. I also aimed to remove 2nd person and to give the article a more "encyclopedic" tone. Feedback appreciated.--Toms2866 21:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] disamb?

Respectfully, Bluff (the game) does not belong in this article. It's completely irrelevant to what a poker bluff is, unless it's the actual etymology; and if that's the case, it's not clear in the article. I'd suggest a header saying "this article refers to the act of bluffing (feigning strength); for the historical card game 'Bluff', go X.". But then we're left with a 2 line article on 'Bluff (the game)'. Thoughts?

I'm still new to this so haven't created my own topics yet, but just done some editing, so I'll leave it so someone else.Dirtyharry2 03:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it should be left as it is until someone writes a moderately lengthy article about bluff, the game. The current content couldn't even be classed as a stub. --Hpesoj00 07:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Still, this section does not belong in the context of this article. I cannot find an article in which this section could belong, so I have moved the text in the section to its own article, Bluff (game), and added it to the disambig page. --Adhall 21:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What's the opposite?

I.e. what's it called if you have a strong hand but place a low bet (or merely check or call) to give the impression that you have a weaker hand? Can't this be a kind of bluff as well? -- Smjg (talk) 16:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

That's called sandbagging or slow play, which is also covered here. --LDC (talk) 21:16, 18 November 2007 (UTC)