Bluff
A bluff is a bet made to make better hands fold.
A bluff makes money when your opponent folds more often than the break-even point of the bet. Half the pot needs folds 33% of the time.
Good bluffs tell a believable story and often hold blockers to the hands that would call. Bluffing a player who never folds is a losing play at any size.
Work it out
Bluff break-even calculator: Enter the pot and your bet. The calculator shows how often your opponent has to fold for a bet with no equity to break even.
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Practise decisions like this in the trainer: ten hands at a time, with the answer and the reason.