Bluffing Exercises

Here are some bluffing exercises you can do -- and "Monopoly money" online tables are the best places to do this.

Decide before a hand is even dealt what cards you're going to pretend you have. Say a pocket pair of Kings or Queens.

Play the entire hand AS IF those are the cards you actually held.

OR

See the flop, THEN decide what hand you're going to pretend to have.

Want to change your mind, change your hole cards? OK, AS LONG AS your new ones are consistent with the betting you've done up to this point.

How many times do I have to tell you, your opponent CAN'T SEE THE CARDS YOU DON'T HAVE.

He can't even see the ones you DO have.

Spend your time and effort trying to figure out what the other players at the table have.

Instead of actually playing, just RAILBIRD and try and figure out what hand every player has.

When it comes down to two players at the end, you'd better have a pretty good idea what both have, like trips versus a flush draw.

The greatest "tool" you can have in bluffing is an uncanny ability to "put" players on cards. Work on that more than anything else.