Opportunity to bluff?

Take my hand apart. Do you think you would have pushed this hand after the turn?

Game #538247371 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2004/07/08-22:32:32 (CST)
Table "Maria" (real money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: I SCARE EM ($57.25 in chips)
Seat 3: 40ouncer ($12.75 in chips)
Seat 4: sea dragon ($11.88 in chips)
Seat 5: Bobby V ($25.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Ones11 ($106.40 in chips)
Seat 7: DrPonch ($23.85 in chips)
Seat 8: Plan A ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Humphrind ($12.25 in chips)
Humphrind: Post Small Blind ($0.10)
I SCARE EM: Post Big Blind ($0.25)
Dealt to Humphrind [ :qs: ]
Dealt to Humphrind [ :qc: ]
40ouncer: Call ($0.25)
sea dragon: Call ($0.25)
Bobby V : Call ($0.25)
Ones11 : Fold
DrPonch : Fold
Plan A : Fold
Humphrind: Raise ($1.50)
I SCARE EM: Fold
40ouncer: Fold
sea dragon: Call ($1.25)
Bobby V : Call ($1.25)
*** FLOP *** : [ :9d: :ad: :7h: ]
Humphrind: Bet ($2.00)
sea dragon: Call ($2.00)
Bobby V : Fold
*** TURN *** : [ :9d: :ad: :7h: ] [ :2d: ]
Humphrind: Check
sea dragon: Check
*** RIVER *** : [ :9d: :ad: :7h: :2d: ] [ :jd: ]
Humphrind: Check
sea dragon: Check
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $8.75 | Rake: $0.35
Board: [ 9d Ad 7h 2d Jd ]
I SCARE EM lost $0.25 (folded)
LuckymanAAAA didn't bet
40ouncer lost $0.25 (folded)
sea dragon bet $3.65, collected $8.75, net +$5.10 (showed hand) [ Ah 4h ] (a pair of aces)
Bobby V lost $1.65 (folded)
Ones11 didn't bet (folded)
DrPonch didn't bet (folded)
Plan A didn't bet (folded)
Humphrind lost $3.65 (showed hand) [ Qs Qc ] (a pair of queens)


My bet on the flop assured me that sea dragon had an A. I wasn't sure about the :diamond: status. But I knew there weren't 2 :diamond:s

Should I have pushed on the river and bluffed the flush?

I do that at times, but its really risky without position. Its risky enough with position.

I had this crazy hand with a player who had just sat down, and I had no read on (and later found out he was a complete fish, and a combination of a maniac / calling station).

I had pocket aces, and bet big, and he called (of course, as I'd soon find out, since he called basically anything). The flop was something like T-rag-J, two diamonds, and I bet hard and he called. The turn was K of diamonds, and I think he bet here and I called. River was a Q of diamonds, the 4th diamond.

I'm pissed, since I was nearly positive he had a flush or flush draw at the turn. He checks to me at the river, and I decided to make a big bet (somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of the pot size), to hopefully scare him out if he has a small diamond.

He calls, and I win with my straight. Haha, I was floored. Sadly I didn't get to see what pathetic hand he called with.

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Originally Posted by michael1123

He calls, and I win with my straight. Haha, I was floored. Sadly I didn't get to see what pathetic hand he called with.

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If this was at Empire after the next hand starts click "Last Hand" and you will see the hand he mucked in the hand history window. This can be a very useful tool.

As for Humph, with your short stack this seems like a good opp to bluff but with the player calling with that trash in the first place, he's probably call you down with A high.

The old addage

"You can't bluff a bad player, forget the tricks and fancy plays because you are going to have to show them a hand"